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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he tested positive for COVID

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he tested positive for COVID | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, May 24, 2022. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is announcing that he is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the Illinois Democrat says he tested positive on Thursday morning. He says he was experiencing only “minor symptoms” and would continue to work while in isolation at home. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said he tested positive Thursday for COVID-19 and was in quarantine with what he described as minor symptoms.

The No. 2 Senate Democrat, who said in a statement he was vaccinated and had received two coronavirus booster shots, planned to continue to work remotely.

Durbin’s announcement comes after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said last week he tested positive following travel to the White House, Maine and Florida. Earlier this week, Pritzker said on Twitter that he’d tested negative for the virus.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation, days after he had also tested positive.

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