Mississippi’s New COVID-19 Order Requires Infected to Self-Isolate or Face Jail

Medical workers wait to vaccinate people in Hollandale, Miss., on April 27, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Mississippi residents flouting the state’s newly imposed order for anyone infected with COVID-19 to isolate at home could face criminal charges and time behind bars.

The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday issued an order (pdf), with immediate effect, requiring anyone infected with COVID-19, including those fully vaccinated, to isolate for 10 days at home or another “appropriate residential location.”