Hice Quarantines After 2 Colleagues Test Positive For Coronavirus

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Jody Hice is the latest public figure to go into quarantine over the coronavirus.

Hice, who represents Georgia’s 10th District, announced on his website Thursday that he had gone into a two-week quarantine “out of an abundance of caution” after two colleagues tested positive for the coronavirus.

One of those colleagues is U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, a mask skeptic who learned Wednesday that he had tested positive.

Hice is now awaiting test results.

“I strongly believe it is important for Congress to fully get back to work — and that requires us as individuals to be responsible and take appropriate actions when necessary, as I believe it is now,” Hice wrote on his website. “I’m feeling fine and I haven’t experienced any symptoms but, after consulting with medical professionals, I will be taking precautionary steps to work remotely and social distance from folks for the next two weeks."

Hice's announcement comes the same day that 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain died due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

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