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Fourth Vaccinated US Congress Member Tests Positive For COVID-19

© AFP 2023 / MARIO TAMAClinicians work while caring for COVID-19 patients in the improvised COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood on July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Clinicians work while caring for COVID-19 patients in the improvised COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood on July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.08.2021
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Congressman Ralph Norman of South Carolina became the fourth vaccinated member of the US Congress to test positive for COVID-19, he announced on Thursday.
“After experiencing minor symptoms this morning I sought a COVID-19 test and was just informed the test results were positive,” Norman, a Republican and a real estate developer, said in a Twitter message.
Norman added that his symptoms remained minor.
“Thankfully I have been fully vaccinated and my symptoms remain mild. To every extent possible I will continue my work virtually while in quarantine for the next ten days,” he said.
A Mexican woman receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a binational vaccination program, at the Tornillo-Guadalupe international bridge, in Tornillo, Texas, U.S., July 28, 2021 - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.08.2021
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