NJ Attorney General Tests Positive For COVID-19

NEW JERSEY - New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday after having contact with a staff member who was infected on Monday, according to OAG Communications Director Steven Barnes.

"Upon learning this information, the Attorney General took a rapid COVID-19 test which came back positive; a follow-up PCR test, however, returned a negative result," Barnes said.

Barnes noted that Grewal is asymptomatic and is closely following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New Jersey Department of Health guidance and is quarantining at home.

"Following established protocols, the Department of Law and Public Safety has begun the contact tracing process to notify everyone who may have come into close contact with the Attorney General during the potential infection window," Barnes said. "The Attorney General will continue to perform his duties virtually while quarantined."

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