Sen. Amy Klobuchar says her husband has been hospitalized with coronavirus. The Minnesota Democrat says her husband was in Washington and she was back home when he first had symptoms. Her doctor has advised Klobuchar that she does not need to be tested.
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020 file photo Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., center, gets a kiss from husband John Bessler, upon arriving at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa. Sen. Klobuchar announced Monday, March 23 that her husband has tested positive for the coronavirus.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday that her husband, John Bessler, has tested positive for the coronavirus.said in a statement that Bessler began feeling sick when she was in Minnesota and he was in Washington, D.C., and that he immediately quarantined himself. She said he sought a test and chest X-ray after he began coughing up blood, and was checked into a Virginia hospital with “very low oxygen levels, which really haven’t improved.
“One of the hardest things about this disease is he’s in the hospital today, he’s been in there for a few days, and I can’t even be by his side,” Klobuchar said during a teleconference to discuss legislation Monday.
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