House Democrat, 75, ill after Capitol riot

Concerns are mounting about the health of lawmakers and other people in the Capitol last week, after the first member to test positive for COVID-19 since Wednesday’s chaos said she believed she was exposed in a crowded hiding place with hundreds of other lawmakers.

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N. J., a 75-year-old cancer survivor, tested positive Monday while experiencing mild symptoms, and said in a statement she believes she caught the coronavirus from her fellow lawmakers while hunkering down as Capitol Police struggled for hours to contain a Trump-in

spired mob on the Capitol.

The Office of the Attending Physician, warned Sunday that at least one lawmaker who had COVID-19 was among them as they sheltered in place.

A video surfaced over the weekend of some Republicans in the space ignoring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations to protect public health by wearing masks. They included Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla.; Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; Scott Perry, R-Pa.; and Michael Cloud, RTexas, who declined surgical masks offered by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del.

It’s still unclear which member of Congress had the virus.