WHITLEY CITY, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky appeals court judge has ordered a Kentucky man exposed to the coronavirus to quarantine himself and to get tested.
Judge Jeff S. Taylor ordered the 27-year-old man in McCreary County to self-quarantine from Tuesday through Saturday, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The judge also required the man to cooperate with the McCreary County Health Department in tracing contacts since his exposure. The man’s name wasn’t included in the court filings.
The case is one of only a few in Kentucky where officials have asked courts to force people to quarantine.
The ruling comes after Circuit Judge Dan Ballou declined to grant the request, voicing doubts on the court’s authority to do so.
Taylor said he ordered a four-day quarantine because that’s what the health department requested.
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