On Tuesday, Kevin Stitt said he was “a little sore” but that he felt “good”.
Washington:
The governor of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a few weeks after attending the election rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in the state.
Cases have increased in Oklahoma, and local health officials have said that Trump’s indoor rally and major public protests in June “more than likely” contributed to the outbreak of the new infections.
Governor Kevin Stitt said he thought he was the first US governor to be diagnosed with coronavirus, but was unlikely to have contracted it during Trump’s June 20 rally because the event happened too long ago.
“I was tested yesterday for COVID-19, and the results came back positive,” Stitt said at an online press conference.
He said he was “a little sore” on Tuesday but that he felt “good”.
The 47-year-old Republican said he was immediately quarantined from his family and that he would work from home until he got rid of the virus.
Stitt often refused to wear a mask at meetings and did not wear a mask at the Trump rally, but he urged residents to take precautions.
“We know it’s here in Oklahoma, it’s not going to go away,” said Stitt.
“We have to take this virus seriously” and the Oklahomans should “continue to be tested,” he added.
Trump faced a major setback for insisting on hosting a crowded indoor gathering in the heat of a pandemic.
His campaign distributed masks during the Tulsa event, but few of the sympathizers who participated in them wore them and the directives of social distancing were largely ignored.
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