Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz explains that the polls in Bridgeport, Conn., will remain open for two additional hours because of an insufficient number of ballots Tuesday night, Nov. 2, 2010, in Hartford, Conn. The city of Bridgeport printed 21,000 ballots for approximately 68,000 possible voters. Bysiewicz’s spokesman Av Harris stands at left. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz is self-isolating after a member of her staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
Contact tracing was underway, and all members Bysiewicz’s staff who had been in close contact with the unidentified staffer will self-isolate, said her chief of staff, Adam Joseph.
Bysiewicz tested negative Thursday and will work remotely while self-isolating, Joseph said.
This is the first known case of coronavirus within her office. The staffer who tested positive has not exhibited any symptoms and is at home in quarantine.
