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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bevan Hurley

EXPLAINED: Woman with tuberculosis is arrested for refusing to isolate for a year | Vintage Vibes

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A Washington state woman who refused a judge’s order to isolate or have treatment for infectious tuberculosis has been arrested.

The woman, identified only as “V.N.” in court papers, was booked into a “negative pressure” room at the Pierce County Jail on Thursday, more than three months after a judge issued a rare civil arrest warrant, authorities said.

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