SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sen. John Thune has tested negative for COVID-19.
The 59-year-old Republican returned to his home state of South Dakota this week after experiencing flu-like symptoms.
His spokesman Ryan Wrasse said Thune’s doctor recommended he be tested for the coronavirus on Friday.
Wrasse said the fact that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has COVID-19 factored into the doctor’s decision to request a test for Thune.
Paul kept working in the Senate for six days after getting tested, saying he had no symptoms.
South Dakota’s other senator, Republican Mike Rounds, is self-isolating at his family farm following the vote on a $2.2 trillion fiscal package.
