by: WOODTV.com staff
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Members of Michigan's state House of Representatives and Senate have canceled all sessions for this week after a state senator from mid-Michigan tested positive for coronavirus.
GOP leadership of the Legislature announced Monday that all committee hearings and votes through Friday were canceled after Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, was tested Friday and got his positive result back Sunday. Barrett, a member of the Michigan National Guard, was screened before he was scheduled to attend training.
Senator Barrett said he did not have any “significant symptoms” and was self-isolating.
Mike Shirkey, Michigan's Senate Majority Leader, encouraged everyone to get tested and said the closure would “allow adequate time for execution of protocols and receipt of results.
Shirkey added, “We all wish Senator Barrett a speedy recovery."
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