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Sen. Dick Durbin tests positive for COVID

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Sen. Dick Durbin has tested positive for COVID. 

He was supposed to join Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Cecerra, who is in Chicago Monday for a round of meetings on health care.

Durbin tweeted he is "disappointed to have to miss critical work on the Senate's [defense authorization act] this week in Washington."

He said he is quarantining based on CDC guidelines. 

Durbin tested positive for COVID-19 back in July of 2022. 

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