US Sen. Wicker of Mississippi Again Tests Positive for COVID

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has once more examined constructive for COVID-19, his workplace stated Monday.

His communications director, Phillip Waller, stated Wicker took a required check and acquired a constructive consequence.

“He can be anticipated to overlook votes and committee enterprise this week till he is ready to return in particular person to the Senate,” Waller stated.

Wicker, 70, attended the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, in late Might.

Wicker was additionally identified with COVID-19 in August final yr and in February this yr. He stated in February that he’s totally vaccinated towards the virus.

Wicker is the highest Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. On April 8, he joined a number of Republican senators and representatives in a letter urging the Biden administration to drop the federal masks mandate for airways and different transportation providers.

“The American individuals have seen by way of the false logic that COVID-19 solely exists on airplanes and public transportation. They see it each day after they go to a grocery retailer, restaurant, shopping center, or movie show with no masks in sight, main them to demand unneeded mandates come to an finish,” the lawmakers wrote.

Later in April, federal officers stopped implementing the mandate on airplanes after a federal decide ended the requirement for face coverings on planes and trains and in transit hubs.

About two weeks after his COVID-19 prognosis in August, Wicker stated he had acquired a clear invoice of well being and was prepared to start out touring the state once more.

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