Bill Lee in quarantine after security detail tests positive for COVID-19

By Washington Examiner

Published October 15, 2020 7:30pm ET

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Bill Lee in quarantine after security detail tests positive for COVID-19 — In this April 25, 2019 file photo, Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee talks to reporters at the Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. | (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi, File)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee are quarantining at home “out of an abundance of caution” after a member of the governor’s security detail tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19.

The governor has tested negative for COVID-19 and said he is feeling well. The first lady was to be tested Wednesday afternoon. No staff is believed to be positive. The security team member has not been identified, and the source of the infection is not known.

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