Rudy Giuliani tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday and was taken to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, in news that forced the closure of the entire Arizona state legislature for two weeks as a cautionary measure - something his team said was 'absolutely unnecessary' and described as 'an excuse'.
Giuliani, 76, was in Arizona on Monday and Tuesday, staging a press conference at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix on his first day and visiting Republicans in the Capitol on Tuesday. In a Sunday afternoon email sent to all senators and staff and obtained by the Arizona Capitol Times, Senate Chief of Staff Wendy Baldo wrote that the Senate will be closed all week 'due to COVID-19 concerns and out of an abundance of caution.'
The House is following suit.
Jenna Ellis, Giuliani's colleague, said that Giuliani 'tested negative twice immediately preceding his trip to Arizona, Michigan and Georgia.' She added: 'No legislators in any state or members of the press are on the contact tracing list, under current CDC guidelines.' She said that Arizona was using Giuliani's diagnosis as 'an excuse' and described it as 'absolutely unnecessary'.
Giuliani on Sunday night tweeted that he was 'recovering well' in hospital.
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