Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams tested positive and negative for COVID-19 twice as the Utah State Legislature got under way.
But his most recent test is negative, the Utah State Senate said late Tuesday. Sen. Adams, R-Layton, began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 on Wednesday night and tested positive. He isolated for the next five days, following CDC guidance. He tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday night, the Senate said.
"President Adams has followed the CDC guidelines, and his symptoms have subsided, including not having a fever since Saturday," Senate Deputy Chief of Staff Aundrea Peterson said in a statement. On Tuesday, Sen. Adams presided over the Senate unmasked on the dais, including a debate to repeal Salt Lake and Summit counties' mask mandates. When he met with reporters, he was masked.Late Tuesday, he was given a fourth test that came back negative.
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