(AP) A spokesperson for independent Sen. Angus King said the senator is feeling better as he recovers from the coronavirus.

King, 77 and a U.S. senator since 2013, announced Aug. 19 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. King was vaccinated for the disease earlier this year.

Spokesperson Matthew Felling said Tuesday that King is “feeling better, quarantining and resting at home, following doctor’s orders.”

King has had a couple of health scares over the years. He survived skin cancer in the 1970s, and he had surgery for prostate cancer in 2015.