A Kentucky couple was placed under house arrest and forced to wear ankle monitors after refusing to sign a self-quarantine order after testing positive for coronavirus.
Elizabeth and Isaiah Linscott said authorities from the health department and the sheriff’s office showed up Thursday at her Radcliff, Kentucky home because she refused to sign the order.
The woman had voluntarily undergone the COVID-19 test before visiting her parents out of state and found that she was positive but without symptoms.
He was told to sign a self-quarantine order restricting the family to their home unless they first contacted the Hardin County Health Department, WBTV reported.
Elizabeth said she declined to sign the order because it meant she would have to wait and contact officials before seeking urgent medical treatment if she became very ill with the deadly virus.
Elizabeth and Isaiah Linscott of Radcliff, Kentucky said they were arrested by authorities who showed up at her home on Thursday because she refused to sign a COVID-19 quarantine order. Husband and wife appear in an image posted on Instagram
The couple not only landed under house arrest, but were forced by their local health officials to wear ankle bracelets.
“My part was if I have to go to the emergency room, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get approval,” he said.
A spokesman for the Hardin County Health Department was not immediately available when DailyMail.com reached out for comment.
Elizabeth recalled that she had been tested for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure before visiting her parents and another family.
“My grandparents also wanted to see me,” he said. “So just to make sure if they had a negative result, that they would be fine, everything would be fine.”
The woman said she was contacted by health officials after receiving a positive test result, which was when they asked her to sign the quarantine order.
Elizabeth said the test had been done as a precaution before visiting her parents and another family.
Although she refused to sign, Elizabeth told WBTV that she would still have followed the appropriate precautions if she had required medical treatment, including the disclosure that she had tested positive.
Failure to sign the ‘Agreed Order for Self-Isolation and Controlled Movement’ brought an unexpected visit from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
“I open the door and there are about eight different people,” said her husband Isaiah, who was home when authorities appeared, WAVE3 reported.
Five different cars and I’m like what the hell is going on? This guy is in a suit with a mask, he’s the guy from the health department and he has three different documents for us. For me, her and my daughter.
Elizbeth Linscott’s failure to sign an ‘Order for Self-Agreement and Controlled Controlled Movement’, through an unexpected visit by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office to her home on Thursday. “I open the door and there are about eight different people,” said her husband Isaiah (left)
The ankle bracelets they now wear will alert authorities if the couple strays more than 200 feet from their home.
“We didn’t rob a store, we didn’t rob something, we didn’t hit and run, we didn’t do anything wrong,” Elizabeth Linscott told WAVE3.
He added that his intentions were not to challenge self-quarantine.
“That is exactly what the Director of the Department of Public Health told the judge, that he refused to quarantine me for this reason and that that was not the case,” Linscott said.
‘I never said that.’
There have been more than 3.7 million cases in the US of the coronavirus, which has been attributed to more than 140,000 deaths.
Kentucky, which is among the states that reopened after the mandatory blockades, has had more than 23,000 cases and more than 670 deaths.
As cases continue to rise across the country, Governor Andy Beshear announced Sunday that Kentucky had 979 new cases of COVID-19, which was the largest one-day increase in the state’s pandemic.
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