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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he tested positive for COVID

FILE - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., joined at right by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, May 24, 2022. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is announcing that he is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. In a statement, the Illinois Democrat says he tested positive on Thursday morning. He says he was experiencing only “minor symptoms” and would continue to work while in isolation at home. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE - Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing to examine a post-Roe America, focusing on the legal consequences of the Dobbs decision, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Durbin said he tested positive Thursday, July 28, for COVID-19 and was in quarantine with what he described as minor symptoms. The No. 2 Senate Democrat, who said in a statement he was vaccinated and had received two booster shots, planned to continue to work remotely.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he tested positive for COVID