Legislator diagnosed with COVID

From KELOland news, another legislator has been diagnosed with COVID-19:

Representative Aaron Aylward, a Harrisburg Republican serving his first term, confirmed Monday he was diagnosed by a doctor late Sunday morning.

“I decided to go in after not feeling well Saturday night/Sunday morning. I plan on going back (to session) next Tuesday,” Aylward said in an email to KELOLAND News.

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He is the first legislator to contract the coronavirus since the 2021 legislative opened January 12.

Read the entire story here.

4 thoughts on “Legislator diagnosed with COVID”

  1. Isn’t he coming back a bit too soon? I thought a 14 day quarantine was required?

    Also who else was he around?

    Shouldn’t the department of health be contact tracing? Keeping others who were potentially exposed isolated also?

    1. Right in the middle of it, in fact. If you look at the photo, Tom Pischke is in the center and Aaron is standing next to him.

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