More than two weeks after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was himself diagnosed with the coronavirus, the physician/lawmaker now says he has tested negative and has begun volunteering a local hospital to care for patients including those suffering from COVID-19.
“I appreciate all the best wishes I have received,” Paul wrote in a tweet Tuesday. “I have been retested and I am negative. I have started volunteering at a local hospital to assist those in my community who are in need of medical help, including Coronavirus patients. Together we will overcome this!”
I appreciate all the best wishes I have received. I have been retested and I am negative. I have started volunteering at a local hospital to assist those in my community who are in need of medical help, including Coronavirus patients. Together we will overcome this! pic.twitter.com/9SeypT7rL6
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 7, 2020
Paul was diagnosed with the coronavirus in mid-March, the only member of the U.S. Senate so far to have tested positive for the Wuhan-based disease.