Senate Democrats will change a Tuesday in-person caucus lunch to a conference call, marking the latest change to regular Capitol Hill activity amid growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerPelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg Ginsburg in statement before her death said she wished not to be replaced until next president is sworn in Democrats call for NRA Foundation to be prohibited from receiving donations from federal employees MORE (D-N.Y.) said the change was an attempt to “practice social distancing.”

“Schumer has told his members that tomorrow's Senate Dem caucus lunch will done via a conference call,” the spokesman added.

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The 47-member Senate Democratic caucus normally gathers for a closed-door lunch in a room just off of the Senate floor on Tuesdays.

But lawmakers are implementing a series of changes as they try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the Capitol, where the advanced age of members of Congress puts the group at a heightened risk.

The Capitol has implemented new restrictions on access to the complex including a temporary suspension of public tours.

Several lawmakers have also temporarily closed their offices and an army of hand sanitizer dispensers have popped up around the Capitol.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE (R-Ky.) also canceled the chamber’s planned recess this week keeping lawmakers in town to work on the House-passed coronavirus response bill and surveillance legislation.

Sen. Dick Durbin Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks MORE (D-Ill.), Schumer’s No. 2, urged McConnell to clear an extension of the surveillance provisions and the House bill by consent instead of bringing the Senate back.

“Demanding that those Senators not currently in self quarantine take unnecessary flights exposing themselves and others; requiring our staffs to return to the Capitol and then have all of us return to our families makes no sense in light of the President’s emergency declaration,” Durbin said in a statement.