Incoming Florida congressman assessments optimistic for Covid-19
“I will continue attending New Member Orientation virtually and preparing our office to serve the people of Florida’s 26th Congressional District from Westchester to Key West until I can resume my normal schedule. I am extremely grateful for all of the incredible health care workers who are tirelessly dedicated to their patients.”
Prior to flipping a south Florida House seat earlier this month, Gimenez, a Republican, was the mayor of Miami-Dade County. He defeated Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
His prognosis follows a rising variety of lawmakers from each events and chambers of Congress which have introduced they’ve examined optimistic.
Rep. Rick Allen, a Republican from Georgia, and Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat from Nevada, introduced individually on Wednesday that that they had contracted the virus.
The nation’s dying toll because the pandemic’s begin is now greater than 264,000. And practically one other 60,000 folks may lose their lives over the subsequent three weeks, based on an ensemble forecast printed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.
Multiple state studies dated November 22 and obtained by Source present a crucial evaluation from the duty power at a time when it says Americans should undertake “significant behavior change,” urging state and native officers to take proactive steps towards these ends.
Source’s Ray Sanchez and Christina Maxouris contributed to this report.