The attending physician to members of the U.S. Congress has advised lawmakers to get tested for COVID-19 due to possible exposure during the siege on the Capitol.
MORE: Capitol Hill riot could prove to be COVID-19 superspreader event, experts sayThe potential exposure may have occurred when several members of the House and their staffers were in "protective isolation" in a large committee space for several hours with an individual who was infected with the virus, Dr. Brian P. Monahan wrote in a memo to lawmakers and staff Sunday.
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesProtesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.Monahan reminded Capitol staff to continue wearing masks and practicing social distancing and recommended they obtain a COVID-19 test next week.
MORE: Timeline: How pro-Trump protesters stormed the CapitolThe riot on Capitol Hill could end up being a superspreader event, experts told ABC News.
Andrew Harnik/APPeople shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.However, public health officials will not know for weeks how many new COVID-19 cases are linked to the riot.
MORE: More members of Congress contract COVID-19 amid national surgeThousands of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden by Congress.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesSupporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification.Many of the rioters came directly from President Donald Trump's "Save America" rally, held near the White House, where the president incited his followers to march to the Capitol.
ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos and Benjamin Siegel contributed to this report.
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