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If a doctor is exposed to the coronavirus due to seeing a positive patient, is the doctor supposed to self quarantine then?

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COVID 19: Interesting question in the age of lack of adequate personal protective equipment. (PPE). Normally, a doctor would have adequate PPE to keep them protected so that they would not need to quarantine. Just seeing a patient does not mean that a doctor has to quarantine.

Answered 5/18/2020

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