Authorities in Washington State are set to arrest a woman who has been avoiding tuberculosis treatment and isolation for more than a year.
Judge Philip Sorensen on Thursday signed an arrest warrant permitting authorities to detain the 42-year-old woman, identified in court documents only as V.N. Once arrested, she will be taken to a specially designated facility at the Pierce County Jail for isolation, testing and treatment, KOMO reported.
Sorensen issued the order “as a last resort,” he said, after health officials appealed to him for a 16th time last month to get the woman to voluntarily isolate or resume taking medication.
