Kentucky man who tests positive for coronavirus refuses to stay home; N.J. woman gives fake name
A woman who tested positive for COVID-19 at a New Jersey hospital was located by authorities Tuesday after she gave a fake name and address when being tested, Newark's mayor said.
It's not the only case where a patient who tested positive for coronavirus has presented challenges for authorities.
A 53-year-old Kentucky man who tested positive for COVID-19 and checked himself out of University of Louisville Hospital against medical advice.
In the New Jersey case, the woman was tested for coronavirus at East Orange General Hospital on Saturday and the test came back positive, but after Newark health officials responded to the address she listed, they found she did not live there, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a Facebook video on Tuesday.
In the video, Baraka pleaded with the woman to return to the hospital and identify herself as the person tested. Hours later, Baraka posted the woman had been located.
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"You put yourself and many, many people at risk, not just in the city of Newark but all of the surrounding cities," Baraka said in the earlier video.
In the case of the Kentucky man, Nelson County Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa said Monday the man, who hasn’t been publicly identified, initially said he wouldn’t stay home. He has since agreed to cooperate but Pineiroa said deputies have been posted outside his home around the clock to make sure he complies.
Nelson County Judge-Executive Dean Watts declared a state of emergency that allowed him to impose a curfew and quarantine the man and other residents in his home.
Gov. Andy Beshear disclosed the involuntary quarantine Saturday.
The new cases come days after a Missouri man was accused of ignoring health officials' directions to self-quarantine when he and his daughter attended a school dance after his other daughter tested positive for coronavirus.
The lawyer representing the man and his family had a different story: He said health officials didn't tell the entire family to self-quarantine, only the daughter.
Contributing: Ryan Miller and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
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