The school claims this employee was told to go home and stay there.
MSN reports:
Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth StudentsWhen an employee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire showed signs of possible coronavirus last week, a medical worker who had examined him told him to avoid contact with others, pending further tests. Instead, he went to a mixer at a crowded music venue.Three days later, he was confirmed as the state’s first coronavirus case.And now a second case has been confirmed — a “close contact” of the patient’s — raising new questions about what should happen when suspected coronavirus patients ignore requests to self-quarantine.The man, who had come down with flu-like symptoms after a trip to Italy, has now been officially ordered by New Hampshire’s health commissioner to isolate himself at home.“The individual is complying now,” said Jake Leon, communications director for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.News that a health care worker could have exposed students at the event last Friday night, a mixer for doctors and Dartmouth College students, swiftly reverberated on the nearby campus.
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