Politics & Government

Congresswoman Watson Coleman Tests Positive For COVID A Second Time

Watson Coleman said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

(Office of Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman)

PRINCETON, NJ — Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ12) has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the second time the Congresswoman has tested positive, the first being after she was sheltering in place during the Capitol Hill riots.

Watson Coleman said she tested positive on Wednesday. The Congresswoman took a test after she was “feeling a bit under the weather,” she said on Twitter.

“Thankfully I’m vaccinated and boosted and prognosis is good.”

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Watson Coleman, 77, is a cancer survivor.

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