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More Than 200 Ohioans Under Quarantine Amid Coronavirus Concerns

WCBE 90.5FM | By Ohio Public Radio

Published February 27, 2020 at 5:07 AM EST

The Ohio Department of Health says more than 200 people are being self-quarantined and monitored for possible coronavirus symptoms.

Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow reports.

212 people in Ohio who recently traveled to China are now in self-quarantine to watch for symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

Doctor Andrew Thomas at the OSU Wexner Medical Center says a quarantine is now something that people looking at traveling to countries with confirmed coronavirus cases have to think about.

Thomas: "There is a concern of what happens when I come back if I have to self-quarantine for 14 days, I can't go to work, I can't go to school. Those are really practical considerations."

So far all six people in Ohio tested for coronavirus have come back negative.

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