SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is in quarantine for two weeks after an imaginable exposure to COVID-19, the governor’s workplace announced Monday afternoon.
A guard in the governor’s apartment reportedly became ill on October 1 and tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The governor’s workplace reported that the employee had been assigned to the non-public aspect of the governor’s perspective, however, he dressed in a mask at any time and had not contacted Lujan Grisham.
The governor reported that she had no symptoms of the disease and tested negative on Friday. Her fiancé, Manny Cordova, also tested negative and showed no symptoms.
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A total of 37 people, in addition to management, as well as apartment staff and members of the governor’s state police security service, reportedly tested negative after being known for a imaginable exposure after visiting the apartment or being potentially exposed to the inflamed staff member.
Health Department officials said the governor had been examined with great caution and under pressure that Americans could later spread in the quarantine era, given the slow incubation era of the new coronavirus. COVID-19 deserves to be tested even if it shows no symptoms.
Lujan Grisham and other possible contacts will be tested on Wednesday, the governor announced.
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The announcement came days after President Donald Trump announced that he and the first Melania Trump had been infected, along with a growing number of White House employees, political advisers, and three U. S. senators starting Monday.
“We’ve all noticed how quickly COVID-19 can spread, especially in the high-profile example provided this week through the White House,” Lujan Grisham said in a press release. “Although so far we have been lucky in this case, I am not ready to threaten the fitness or protection of my staff or any New Mexico, and therefore I will continue to quarantine until we can make a decision 100 percent that I do not bring the virus. “
She said she and she would continue to paint remotely without any adjustment to their schedules.
This includes a press conference scheduled for the end of this week, at which Lujan Grisham has announced that he will participate.
The Democrat, a former Congressman from New Mexico, was elected governor in 2018.
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