Giuliani COVID-19 diagnosis closes Arizona Legislature

Giuliani COVID-19 diagnosis closes Arizona Legislature The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by Dillon Rosenblatt and Julia Shumway Arizona Capitol Times

The Arizona Legislature will be closed all next week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators may have been directly exposed to COVID-19 by meeting with Rudy Giuliani. 

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that Giuliani, his personal attorney, tested positive for the virus less than a week after holding an unofficial hearing at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix on Monday Nov. 30.

Giuliani visited Arizona this past week as one stop on his traveling legal tour alleging there was widespread fraud in the election. Giuliani and fellow Trump attorney Jenna Ellis talked — unmasked — for roughly 11 hours in the hotel ballroom with several lawmakers. ...

It’s unclear when Giuliani officially tested positive or when he was exposed, but the average incubation period is about a week making it more likely that he was exposed before Arizona, but still possible he was exposed here. Giuliani was swiftly admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center, according to ABC News. 

Arizona, as well as every other state, is going through the worst bout of Covid over the nine months the pandemic has been active in the United States. Arizona reported another 5,376 positive cases on Dec. 6 along with 25 reported deaths bringing the state’s overall total to 364,276 known cases and 6,950 deaths. ...