After Rudy Giuliani tests COVID-19 positive, Arizona legislature shut

Arizona state legislature has been closed as a precautionary measure as reports emerged that Rudy Giuliani possibly exposed several Republican lawmakers to COVID-19.

According to Arizona Central, 

Giuliani had spent more than 10 hours discussing election concerns with Arizona Republicans — including two members of Congress and at least 13 current and future state lawmakers — at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix last Monday. He led the meeting maskless, flouting social distancing guidelines and posing for photos.

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President Trump, to whom Giuliani is the personal lawyer, had  announced on Sunday that the former New York city mayor had tested positive for the virus, less than a week after he visited Arizona as part of a multistate tour aimed at contesting 2020 election results. The 76-year-old was later admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center.

Following those reports, Democrat Senator Martín Quezada from Maryvale, called the chain of potential exposure “the epitome of COVID-19 irresponsibility.” Addressing Republican lawmakers, he said, “You owe it to the very people who work in the Capitol buildings to be better than this.”