Iran Press/America: Rand Paul, a Republican representing Kentucky in the US Senate, has tested positive for Covid-19, his office confirmed in a tweet today. The lawmaker is the first US senator to report testing positive for the disease. Two members of the House, Ben Adams and Mario Diaz-Balart have also tested positive.
According to tweets from his office, the 57-year-old senator is asymptomatic and was tested “out of an abundance of caution” due to his extensive travel and events. His Washington, DC office began working remotely on March 12, so no staff are believed to have made contact with the lawmaker of late.
German chancellor Angela Merkel is currently under self-quarantine after having contact with a doctor who tested positive, her spokesperson confirmed today. In the UK, 11 members of Parliament chose to self-isolate earlier this month after coming into contact with health minister Nadine Dorries, who tested positive for the virus.
The wives of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau tested positive for Covid-19, forcing both leaders to self-quarantine.
Nearly 30,000 cases of the coronavirus have now been identified in the United States, a figure that continues to grow rapidly as testing expands and the virus spreads through the country. As of Sunday afternoon, at least 29,666 people across every state, plus Washington, D.C., and three US territories, have tested positive for the virus, according to a New York Times database, and at least 377 patients with the virus have died.
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