“On Wednesday, January 6, many members of the House of Commons were in protective isolation in (a) room in a large committee hearing room. The time in this room was for some several hours and for others shorter. During this time, individuals may be exposed to a other occupants with coronavirus infection, “said dr. Brian P. Monahan wrote.
In the memorandum, Monahan instructed lawmakers and staff to monitor for possible Covid-19 symptoms and to be tested as a precaution for Covid-19.
The risk of an outbreak is because Congress has faced dozens of members of both chambers of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. Members of Congress were prioritized for vaccination in an effort to maintain government continuity on Capitol Hill, and a number of lawmakers received a Covid-19 vaccine.
The Capitol doctor did not specify which legislators may have been exposed, nor in which safe room the exposure took place.
Reps Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Michael Cloud of Texas and Doug LaMalfa of California could be seen in the video, which has been unmasked and now merged.
They accepted the offer of the Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who approached them with blue surgical masks, turned them down.
It was not immediately clear whether the legislators were among the members of Congress who may have been exposed.