# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5401
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5401 "2020-11-11T01:26:43Z")
Can someone reassure me this isn’t as terrifying as it sounds? > **[With North Dakota hospitals at 100% capacity, Burgum announces COVID-positive...](https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/with-north-dakota-hospitals-at-100-capacity-burgum-announces-covid-positive-nurses-can-stay-at-work)** > > In an attempt to alleviate some of the staffing concerns, Burgum announced that the state health officer has amended an order that will allow health care workers with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 to continue working in hospitals' COVID-19 units.... Basically, Healthcare workers who are COVID positive but without symptoms will be allowed to continue working in North Dakota. I guess they will only be working with COVID positive patients but it seems a huge risk to the rest of the health care system since ethey can still spread the disease. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758)._