Patient ignored advice to self-isolate after trip to Italy, attended business event, tested positive

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10. suspect you're correct

powers are fairly broad (and, from the link you posted, almost open-ended .. which doesn't really thrill me .. but might be a good thing under the current circumstances.)

However .. sounds like in this case the DHHS waited until a positive test was available to make an official order ... And I suspect that's where we're at with a lot of these cases, where someone shows up at a doctors office or clinic .. and it is suggested that they stay home ...

snip -- was told to stay home while awaiting the test result, which came back positive Monday, health officials said.

“The first patient, despite having been directed to self-isolate, attended an invitation-only private event on Friday,” the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) warned in a release.

Having defied the first directive, the hospital worker was “issued an official order of isolation” after officially testing positive on Monday, officials said.