Organizer of North Carolina group protesting quarantine guidelines sidelined with coronavirus

An organizer of a North Carolina group calling on the state to ease its coronavirus restrictions was unable to attend two rallies as a result of she examined optimistic for the illness, a report stated.


Audrey Whitlock, who administers the Fb web page of ReOpen NC, was beneath quarantine for 2 weeks ending Sunday after testing optimistic for coronavirus, in keeping with information station WFAE.


“I remained in isolation/self-quarantine at my dwelling per the course of my county well being division. I've not attended any occasions for ReOpen NC,” Whitlock advised the outlet.


Whereas in isolation, the group held two rallies in Raleigh — the state capital — demanding North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper pace up plans to carry the stay-at-home order, which is now in impact till Might 8.


Eventually week’s demonstration, greater than 100 primarily unmasked protesters crammed collectively in defiance of social distancing pointers, the report stated.


The group is scheduled to carry its third rally on Tuesday exterior Raleigh’s Legislative Constructing.


Reopen NC demonstrators protest for Gov. Roy Cooper to allow businesses to reopen in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Reopen NC demonstrators protest for Gov. Roy Cooper to permit companies to reopen in Raleigh, North Carolina.AP Picture/Gerry Broome

Whitlock first revealed her coronavirus prognosis in a personal submit to the group’s Fb web page on Sunday.


“As an asymptomatic COVID19 optimistic affected person (quarantine ends 4/26),” Whitlock wrote within the message obtained by the Raleigh Information and Observer. “One other concern I've is the therapy of COVID sufferers because it pertains to different communicable illnesses. I've been pressured to quarantine in my dwelling for two weeks,” she stated.



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