U.S. Senator Thom Tillis says he tested positive for coronavirus

[October 03, 2020]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis has tested positive for the coronavirus, he said in a statement on Friday, becoming the latest high-profile case of the virus after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had it.

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 11, 2020. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS

Tillis, of North Carolina, sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Republicans are seeking to steer Trump's nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court. Republican Senator Mike Lee, another senator on the committee, said he tested positive earlier on Friday.

(Reporting by Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice)

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