China News Service, January 13 According to foreign media reports, U.S. Representative Brad Schneider of Illinois, the Democratic Party, said on the 12th that he tested positive for the new crown virus.
He said that when Congress was violently attacked on the 6th, he had gathered with many Republicans who refused to wear face masks.
Since the incident, three lawmakers have been diagnosed with the new crown.
Data map: On January 6, local time, during a joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Trump supporters broke into the Capitol and caused riots. In the House of Representatives, the police held guns and confronted the protesters through the doors and windows.
According to reports, Schneider said in a statement that during the violent clashes in the Capitol, he was “forced to spend several hours with dozens of members of Congress in a safe but closed place. (at the time). Several Republican congressmen present firmly refused to wear face masks."
Schneider pointed out, “I’m now strictly isolated, worried that I’m threatening my wife’s health, and angry at the selfishness and arrogance of those who oppose the mask, who put their dignity in the health and safety of colleagues and employees. Above."
According to the report, at an online press conference held on the 12th, Schneider said: “I don’t know who contracted the virus from, or even if it was in that room. But I know, Throughout the epidemic, my exposure to the virus (possibility) in that room was higher than ever."
In addition to Schneider, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Bonnie Watson Coleman also said that after the congressional shock event, their new crown test results were positive.
According to previous media reports, on January 6, a large number of congressmen were forced to gather in a safe place when they were violently attacked by the Capitol.
During this period, some US media captured that six House Republicans rejected a mask provided by a colleague, or caused the risk of new crown virus transmission.