George Mason University is working with the Virginia Health Department to contact trace potential cases of coronavirus after the state's governor tested positive for COVID-19 days after visiting the school. Ralph Northam announced Friday that he and his wife tested positive after someone working in their household developed symptoms then subsequently tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. "The university was informed today that Governor Ralph Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam have tested positive for COVID, shortly after the Governor attended an event this week on our Fairfax campus," the university said in a statement to Fox News on Friday. The school also confirmed that health department officials were working on contacting all of the individuals who may have been exposed to the virus during that visit. The school said fewer than 30 members of its community of more than 50,000 students, faculty and staff have tested positive.

Source: Fox News September 26, 2020 13:28 UTC