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Sen. Bob Casey Tests Positive For COVID-19

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Senator Bob Casey tested positive for COVID-19.

The Pennsylvania senator said he tests regularly for COVID and got a positive result back Tuesday afternoon. He said he's vaccinated and asymptomatic.

"I'm grateful to be asymptomatic but, per CDC guidance, I will isolate for 5 days," he tweeted.

He said it's a reminder that the pandemic "is not over." He encouraged people to get vaccinated and boosted.

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