COVID+ Staffer Derails Senate Hearing On Reopening

May 11, 2020 Coronavirus, Government

Mediaite reports:

This coming Tuesday, there’s a Senate Health Committee hearing to discuss reopening American schools and businesses.

All the key personnel at that hearing — including the Senator who chairs the committee and the expert witnesses — are self-quarantining after recently being exposed to someone who tested positive for Covid-19, and will be appearing by videoconference.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who has chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions since 2015, is self-quarantining at home in Tennessee after a staff member tested positive, according to a statement released by his office on Sunday.

Lamar Alexander’s chief of staff says in a statement tonight that an aide to the senator tested positive for coronavirus. Alexander will self-quarantine for 14 days in Tennessee and will chair Tuesday’s hearing via videoconference. pic.twitter.com/DG13IcaEyB

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) May 11, 2020