Utah rep with coronavirus: ‘We’re not leaving the house for anything’

Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) said early Thursday that he and his family are following coronavirus quarantine guidelines “to the T” after he was diagnosed with the disease.

In an interview with NBC’s “Today,” McAdams said that he and his family would not leave their home for any reason for the duration of his quarantine.

“We were social distancing. Now, it’s a full-on quarantine. We are not leaving the house for anything. We want to follow the CDC guidelines to the T,” McAdams said.

“We were social distancing. Now, it’s a full on quarantine. We are not leaving the house for anything,” @RepBenMcAdams says about what he and his family are doing after he tested positive for the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/p1KdTcRnj8

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 19, 2020

McAdams also said that he is “concerned” about members of Congress who were present on Saturday when he and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), who has also tested positive for the virus, voted on the House floor.

“What I’ve been told by the House physician is that anyone who had close contact with me from Friday onward should be concerned,” McAdams said.

“There aren’t a lot of members with whom I had close contact,” he added. “But members [with] whom I had close contact … yeah there’s a concern there.”

“How concerned are you for all of those members of Congress who were with you and voting on that Saturday?” @hodakotb asks @RepBenMcAdams after the congressman tested positive for the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/R6NkdX1tas

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) March 19, 2020

At least three members of Congress, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), have announced that they will self-quarantine after coming in contact with Diaz-Balart and McAdams over the weekend, according to The Washington Post.

The coronavirus outbreak has sickened thousands across the U.S., while more than 100 deaths have been reported.