Willie Wilson In Coronavirus Quarantine Amid U.S. Senate Campaign

CHICAGO, IL — Willie Wilson is set to quarantine for 10 days during the final weeks of his campaign for the U.S. Senate after announcing Thursday he tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms.

Wilson, who said he has distributed more than 40 million masks throughout the pandemic, is running as an independent candidate against Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

Republican Mark Curran, Green Party candidate Danny Black and Libertarian Danny Malouf are also challenging the four-term incumbent for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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“Like so many of my fellow Americans, I am not immune from COVID-19,” Wilson said in a statement. “This is a disease that does not discriminate.”

Wilson said he is experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms but is “confident that we will beat COVID-19.”

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The Chicago businessman said he will suspend all in-person campaign activities for the next 10 days while he quarantines but promised to “bounce back from this stronger than before.”

Wilson has been critical of how Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have responded to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wilson told Chicago churches in May that he would pay off any fines they received for holding religious services that violated public health mandates and capacity restrictions, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.