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Couple forced to wear ankle monitors to self-isolate after Kentucky woman tests positive for COVID-19

Couple forced to wear ankle monitors to self-isolate after Kentucky woman tests positive for COVID-19
on Saturday, Elizabeth Lynne Scott of Heart and County got tested for Cove in 19 because she was planning to go visit her parents in Michigan. My grand parents wanted to see me, too. So just to make sure that, you know, if I test negative, that they would be OK, that everything will be fine after testing positive but without showing any symptoms, Elizabeth says the Health Department contacted her, requesting she signed documents. Pretty much it was that I agree to consent Teoh. I agreed to comply to call Health Department if I was to go. I was to call the health department prior to leave in my house for any reason. Elizabeth chose not to sign. I had gotten a message from them, a text lunches that stated, because if you were refusal to sign, this is going to be escalated long. First be involved. On Thursday, the Hardin County Sheriff's Department greeted Elizabeth's husband, Isaiah, at their front door. Open up the door. There's like a different people, five different cars. I'm like, What the heck's going on? This guy's in a suit with the mask. It's the health department guy and they have three papers for us, for me, Her and my daughter. The couple was ordered to wear ankle monitors. If they travel more than 200 feet, law enforcement will be notified. We didn't rob a bank. We didn't rob a store. We didn't steal something. Leave it in. You know anything wrong? The couple says. They never denied self quarantining. They just didn't agree with the wording of the documents. And that's exactly why the director of the public health department had told the judge that I was refusing to self quarantine because of this. And I'm like, That's not the case at all. I never said that.
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Couple forced to wear ankle monitors to self-isolate after Kentucky woman tests positive for COVID-19
A Kentucky couple has been forced to wear ankle monitors after a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 refused to sign health department documents that would limit her travel without permission.Elizabeth Linscott got tested for COVID-19 as a precaution before going to visit family in Michigan last Saturday, WAVE-TV reported. She tested positive, but does not have any symptoms.The Hardin County Health Department sent her documents that needed her signature limiting her from traveling anywhere unless she called them first.She said she refused to sign the documents because of how they were worded, not because she refused to quarantine.“My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get the approval to go,” Linscott told the TV station.Days later, authorities arrived to their home and placed ankle monitors on her and her husband. They go off if either goes more than 200 feet from their home.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

A Kentucky couple has been forced to wear ankle monitors after a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 refused to sign health department documents that would limit her travel without permission.

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Elizabeth Linscott got tested for COVID-19 as a precaution before going to visit family in Michigan last Saturday, WAVE-TV reported. She tested positive, but does not have any symptoms.

The Hardin County Health Department sent her documents that needed her signature limiting her from traveling anywhere unless she called them first.

She said she refused to sign the documents because of how they were worded, not because she refused to quarantine.

“My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get the approval to go,” Linscott told the TV station.

Days later, authorities arrived to their home and placed ankle monitors on her and her husband. They go off if either goes more than 200 feet from their home.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.