Representative Andy Kim, whose New Jersey 3rd Congressional District includes half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, announced on Tuesday that he has contracted COVID-19.

He was informed by a contact tracer that he had been exposed to another person who had tested positive. Kim luckily had rapid home tests available and one showed he too was positive.

“Thankfully,” he said in an email, “I had no wait for a PCR test at the pharmacy. Thankfully, I am vaccinated.”