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PoliticAverse

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Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:01 PM Feb 2020

Coronavirus Update: More Than 2 Dozen People Quarantined In Westchester County As A Precaution

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — More than two dozen people in Westchester County have been quarantined after possible exposure to novel coronavirus.

County officials say the 26 patients in Westechester are being quarantined as a precaution because even though they haven’t shown any symptoms of the virus, they may have recently been exposed to the illness abroad.

“This is serious, but it’s not reached a stage by which undue speculation is warranted,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said.

Most of the patients are being quarantined in their own homes, and all of them have recently returned to New York from areas where the disease is more prevalent.

Read the rest at: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/coronavirus-westchester-county-quarantine-cdc/

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Coronavirus Update: More Than 2 Dozen People Quarantined In Westchester County As A Precaution (Original Post) PoliticAverse Feb 2020 OP
Oh great. How about those they share their home with? Yikes. Squinch Feb 2020 #1
In a true quarantine no one comes or goes. virgogal Feb 2020 #2
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