Amy Klobuchar announces her husband has coronavirus

Husband of the Minnesota senator and former 2020 presidential candidate is hospitalized

Published: March 23, 2020 1:24pm

Updated: March 23, 2020 1:42pm

Former Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Monday that her husband, John, has been diagnosed with coronavirus and is being treated at a Virginia hospital. 

According to the senator's statement, her husband is "exhausted and sick but a very strong and resilient person." He also has pneumonia and has been given oxygen, but is not on a ventilator, she said.

Klobuchar also said that she and her husband have been in separate geographic locations for the past two weeks and that she is outside of the 14-day period for developing the illness. Her doctor has advised her not to get a test. 

"I love my husband so very much and not being able be there at the hospital by his side is one of the hardest things about this disease," the senator wrote.

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