Headline RoundupMarch 22nd, 2020

Rand Paul is First US Senator to Test Positive for Coronavirus

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U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, has become the first known member of Congress' upper chamber to test positive for COVID-19. The junior senator's office announced the news on Twitter on Sunday, adding he "is feeling fine and is in quarantine." Paul is the third member of Congress to contract the novel virus; U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a ninth-term Florida Republican, and Rep. Ben McAdams, a freshman Democrat from Utah, revealed they had tested positive last week.

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