House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) said Monday that she has been diagnosed with a "presumed" case of the coronavirus, although she has not been officially tested.

Velázquez, who was in the Capitol on Friday, said in a statement that she began to experience symptoms of muscle aches, fever, nasal congestion and stomach upset early Sunday morning. She also said she lost her sense of taste and smell, which is another symptom increasingly associated with the coronavirus.

The New York lawmaker, who turned 67 on Saturday, said the House attending physician advised that neither a lab test to confirm she had the coronavirus nor a visit to a doctor was necessary.

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"After speaking with the Attending Physician by phone, I was diagnosed with presumed coronavirus infection. My symptoms are mild at the present time and I am taking Tylenol for fever, and isolating myself at my home," Velázquez said.

"I am carefully monitoring my symptoms, working remotely and in constant contact with my staff," she added.

Velázquez's case is all the more notable given that she was in the Capitol on Friday to participate in the House floor debate on the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. She also joined House committee and party leaders in a ceremony afterward, during which Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare House lawmakers reach deal to avert shutdown Centrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill MORE (D-Calif.) signed the legislation to send over to the White House.

Velázquez's presence in the Capitol raises the risk that anyone she came into contact with could have been exposed to her illness.

House officials enacted physical distancing and disinfecting guidelines for lawmakers and staff in the chamber, including requiring everyone to use hand sanitizer and wiping down microphones with disinfecting wipes after use.

Lawmakers also sat at least one seat apart, while some even sat up in the visitors' galleries overlooking the House chamber.

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The House passed the stimulus package by voice vote, though party leaders still had to call members back to Washington to ensure they could establish a quorum to override a demand from Rep. Thomas Massie Thomas Harold MassieGOP lawmaker praises Kyle Rittenhouse's 'restraint' for not emptying magazine during shooting Rep. Dan Meuser tests positive for COVID-19 Liz Cheney wins Wyoming GOP primary in reelection bid MORE (R-Ky.) for a roll-call vote.

They wanted to pass the bill by voice vote to avoid making all 430 House members travel to Washington and congregate together, thereby risking exposure to the virus.

At the signing ceremony Velázquez attended, all committee chairmen and party leaders made a point of standing apart.

Here she was in the Capitol on Friday at the signing ceremony with party & committee leaders: pic.twitter.com/IdNht2eeEq — Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) March 30, 2020

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