Transmission during Quarantine

There has been at least one report of SARS Co-V transmission during quarantine (WER 22/2003). Three family contacts of a SARS patients became infected during hospital quarantine because strict isolation was not observed. This illustrates the fundamental principle of not "cohorting" suspect cases. Patients diagnosed with SARS may or may not be infected with the SARS virus, but they are at risk of contracting the infection if they are grouped with infected patients.