BOSTON (AP) — Public health officials in Massachusetts said they have been monitoring more than 600 people under self-quarantine looking for possible symptoms of the COVID-19 virus.
Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said Wednesday that 608 people in Massachusetts have been under self-quarantine in their homes.
Of those, 377 have already completed their monitoring and have been released without symptoms.
Another 231 are still being monitored and remain self-quarantined. There has been a single case of coronavirus in Massachusetts.
Bharel said the man, who had had traveled to Wuhan, China, continues to recover in self-quarantine.
Bharel said the risk of contracting the virus in Massachusetts remains low.
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