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Can someone in quarantine spread the novel coronavirus to other people?
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No: Direct contact will spread by the respiratory droplet transmission. A person in quarantine is contagious only to those who also ate in the same room.
Answered 3/11/2020
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COVID 19.: If your are quarantined with someone who is COVID positive - then yes, the virus could be transmitted.
Answered 5/26/2020
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