Gov. Tom Wolf Tests Positive For COVID-19

By Stephen Caruso, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star

December 9, 2020

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Gov. Tom Wolf has tested positive for COVID-19.

Wolf said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon that he tested positive Tuesday afternoon during a routine test, and is now quarantining at his home in York County with no symptoms.

“I am continuing to serve the commonwealth and performing all of my duties remotely, as many are doing during the pandemic,” Wolf said in the statement.

The statement did not say where he may have been exposed. First Lady Francis Wolf’s COVID test results are still pending.

Wolf added that his test was “a reminder that no one is immune from COVID, that following all precautions as I have done is not a guarantee, but it is what we know to be vital to stopping the spread of the disease and so I ask all Pennsylvanians to wear a mask, stay home as much as possible, socially distance yourself from those not in your household, and, most of all, take care of each other and stay safe.”

Wolf last appeared publicly during a virtual press conference on Monday.

Wolf’s diagnosis comes the same week that the General Assembly confirmed it’s 10th case of COVID-19 when state Rep. Mike Reese, R-Westmoreland, announced his positive test result via Facebook.

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