Exposed Persons Must Wait 14 Days Before Attending Hearings, Agency Says

People who have tested positive for COVID-19 or believe they have been exposed to it can attend in-person hearings only after they have quarantined for two weeks, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission said. The commission is allowing some in-person hearings and conferences, but only under strict virus-safety protocols. Participants exposed to the coronavirus must quarantine for 14 days and test negative for the virus before they can attend a procedure, Executive Director Gary Cannon said in a bulletin emailed this week. Meanwhile, the planned changeover to a new web-ba...