PHOENIX – Rep. Paul Gosar announced on Twitter today that he and members of his senior staff are officially under self-quarantine after sustained contact at CPAC with a person who has since been hospitalized with the Coronavirus.
1. I am announcing that I, along with 3 of my senior staff, are officially under self-quarantine after sustained contact at CPAC with a person who has since been hospitalized with the Wuhan Virus. My office will be closed for the week.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
2. We are all asymptomatic and feel great. But we are being proactive and cautious.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
3. Keep the person in the hospital in your prayers. We are in touch with the CDC and the White House. They are doing a great job staying on top of this.
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 9, 2020
My statement on #COVID19: pic.twitter.com/dyuq55fnBG
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) March 9, 2020
Sen. Ted Cruz also announced on Sunday that he is quarantining himself after coming into contact 10 days ago with the CPAC. Sen. Cruz said in his statement that he learned of the interaction with ill man on Saturday night.
Like Gosar, Cruz said he feels “fine and healthy.”
Health officials advised Cruz “that the odds of transmission from the other individual to me were extremely low” and his “brief interaction with the individual does not meet the CDC criteria for self-quarantine.”