Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19

By Heather Hamilton

Published January 9, 2022 11:33pm ET

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19 — FILE - In this June 27, 2018 file photo, Democrat rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaks to the media in New York, the day after her congressional primary upset over 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley. Ocasio-Cortez, 28, has responded to a conservative TV host who questioned her background in the Bronx borough of New York City. Her campaign explained her family moved to Westchester's Yorktown Heights when she was 5 to attend better schools but she moved back to the Bronx after college. | (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Sunday.

The Democratic politician’s office released a statement saying she is experiencing symptoms and quarantining at home.

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