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If someone in my household has corona, should they quarantine themselves, or should the rest of the family?

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Quarantine: If your family member has confirmed infection, you should all quarantine for 14 days and those of you who have no symptoms should anyway also keep apart from each other as much as possible. I know this is difficult to really do in one household, but try to social distance as much as possible, frequent hand hygiene and the family member who has diagnosed covid should be separated as much as poss

Answered 3/28/2020

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Quarantine: You should try to have as little contact as possible with the person who is sick. That person should be in a separate room and should be wearing a mask around the rest of the family. And now, the whole family needs to quarantine. Otherwise, one of you could have asymptomatic COVID 19 & pass it on to others.

Answered 5/24/2020

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