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COVID-19 positive patient locked up after refusing to self-quarantine

A 50-year-old man from New Mexico was recently taken to jail after officials said he refused to self-quarantine. Sister station KOAT obtained the related court records, which demonstrate what the New Mexico Department of Health is doing to try and keep the virus from spreading. “There’s a lot of power within the state department of health, to basically seize people who have tested positive and