County Board Executive Director Could Issue Quarantine Orders

The Dubuque County Board of Health could allow its executive director to issue legal quarantine orders to people or groups who might be infected with the coronavirus. Board Chairman Tom Bechen brought up the idea during a joint meeting with the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors this week as another way to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The board of health already has the authority to isolate and quarantine people who are confirmed or presumed to have a communicable disease, or those who have been exposed to it.