Rep. Kay Granger tests positive for COVID-19 after receiving 1st vaccine dose
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Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.) has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson announced in a statement Monday. The 77-year old Granger is the 49th member of Congress to contract the virus.
Granger was apparently tested when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for the start of the 117th Congress on Sunday, where she was on the House floor mingling with her colleagues and later voted in the House speaker election. It was only afterwards that she found out about her result, her spokesperson said in the statement. She is now quarantining.
Granger did receive a COVID-19 vaccine in December. It's not clear how long ago exactly that occurred, though she was scheduled to receive her second dose later this week. Still, her office suggested that getting vaccinated was beneficial. "Having received the vaccine in December, she is asymptomatic and feeling great," the statement reads.
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) is now the latest member of Congress with COVID-19.
The first to test positive after getting a vaccine dose, and the 49th overall. pic.twitter.com/UU0US8DfEX
— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) January 4, 2021
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