Rep. Stephen Lynch
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“This afternoon, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive test result for COVID-19 after a staff member in Congress’s office in Boston tested positive earlier this week,” Molch spokeswoman Molly Rose Tarpey said in a statement. a statement said according to CNN.
Tarpey said Lynch plans to isolate next week and will vote by proxy, the news agency reported. He remains asymptomatic.
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According to CNN, Lynch received a second dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and tested negative.
Lynch’s office did not immediately return a request for The Hill.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says it requires “a few weeksFor the body to build up immunity after vaccination, which means that someone can be exposed just before or directly after the jab and can still get sick.
Lynch is the latest lawmaker to test positive for COVID-19 this month. Several Democratic lawmakers have said they tested positive after the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, declaring their GOP colleagues refusing to wear masks while being forced to gather in an unknown, safe place.
Dozens of Capitol police officers also tested positive for COVID-19 following the riots.