Democratic lawmaker vaccinated against COVID-19 tests positive

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“This afternoon, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch tested positive for COVID-19 after a staff member from the Boston Congressional Office tested positive earlier in the week,” he said. Lynch spokesperson Molly Rose Tarpey said in a statement, according to CNN.

Tarpey said Lynch plans to self-isolate and will vote by proxy in the coming week, the outlet reported. It remains asymptomatic.

Lynch had received a second dose of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and tested negative before attending President Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to CNN.

Lynch’s office did not immediately return a request for The Hill.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say it must “a few weeksFor the body to build immunity after vaccination, which means that a person could be exposed just before or right after the vaccine and still get sick.

Lynch is the latest lawmaker to test positive for COVID-19 this month. Several Democratic lawmakers have said they tested positive after the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol, stating that their GOP colleagues refused to wear masks as they were forced to assemble in a secure and undisclosed location.

Dozens of Capitol Hill police officers also tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of the riots.