Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon tests positive for COVID-19

He is fully vaccinated and received his booster.

January 12, 2022 at 4:05AM
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaking in in St. Paul in 2019. (Bill Kelley, Associated Press file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said Tuesday he tested positive for COVID-19 and will continue working remotely through his quarantine.

He took a PCR test on Saturday and has been quarantining since out of an abundance of caution, according to a statement on Tuesday. Simon will quarantine for 10 days.

"I feel fine, probably because I'm fully vaccinated and boosted," he said in the statement. "I know that countless families are dealing with the same situation as mine. I'm thinking of them while encouraging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated and boosted."

The positive test comes less than one week after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced he contracted the virus.

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