How Medical Personnel Avoid Taking Coronavirus Home

In the last 12 months, more than 800,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

John Locher / Associated Press

Dr. Robert Price’s routine of going to work and coming home used to be drama-free and pretty ordinary.

Price, an emergency physician at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, would leave through the front door of his house, and he would return hours later to be greeted by hugs from his five children.

That was before the COVID-19 pandemic.