Coronavirus outbreak may place New York lawmakers under quarantine

New York’s congressional delegation has several members that could fall under the federal government’s prescribed 14-day self-quarantine period, along with others that have visited the nation’s largest city.

“You may have been exposed before you left New York,” Deborah Birx, the State Department doctor advising Vice President Mike Pence on the coronavirus task force, said at a White House press briefing Tuesday. “Everybody who was in New York should be self-quarantining for the next 14 days to ensure that the virus doesn’t spread to others.”