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OF WHO HE LIVES WITH. MEGAN: THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED, ST. CLOUD RESIDENTS ROBERT STORY SAID HE CAME IN FOR A REGULAR APPOINTMENT IN ST. CLOUD. THEN HE WENT HOME AS USUAL. A COUPLE DAYS LATER, HE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE, ADVISING HIM TO SELF-QUARANTINE BECAUSE ONE OF THE DOCTORS HERE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. >> I TRY TO STAY BUSY AROUND THE HOUSE, BUT IT’S BEEN HARD LATELY. MEGAN: STORY SAYS HE’S CURRENTLY IN SELF-QUARANTINE AFTER BEING TOLD TO DO SO BY HIS DOCTOR’S OFFICE. >> THEY TOLD ME I MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. I WASN’T SURE IF THEY SAID THE DOCTOR HAD BEEN INFECTED, BUT THEY SAID I HAD POSSIBLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS ON MY VISIT. MEGAN: HE SAYS HE’S FEELING OK AT THIS TIME, BUT HE LIVES WITH LOVED ONES WHO ARE OLDER. >> MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS 91 YEARS OLD. THAT’S WHAT SCARES ME. IF HE GETS THAT VIRUS, IT MIGHT TAKE HIM. MEGAN: STORY ISN’T ALONE. OTHER PATIENTS WHO RECENTLY VISITED CANO HEALTH IN ST. CLOUD WERE ALSO CALLED AND TOLD TO SELF-QUARANTINE. OFFICIALS WITH THE HEALTH CARE CENTER SAY WHEN THEY FOUND OUT A DOCTOR THERE TESTED POSITIVE, THEY MADE PATIENTS AND STAFF AWARE, THEN TEMPORARILY CLOSED THE ST. CLOUD LOCATION. >> WE CAN CONFIRM THAT ON MARCH 17, ONE OF OUR MEDICAL DOCTORS DID TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. THE PATIENTS THAT WERE PART OF THE QUARANTINE, THEY WERE ALL CALLED AND ADVISED, AND THEY’LL BE RECEIVING A FOLLOWUP CALL WITHIN A WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK, TO SEE HOW THEY’RE DOING AND IF THEY REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE OF US. MEGAN: CANO OFFICIALS ALSO TELL WESH 2 THAT THE DOCTORS POSITIVE TEST RESULTS WERE TRAVEL RELATED, BUT THE DOCTOR IS DOING OK AT THIS TIME. THEY SAY NO ONE ELSE ON THEIR TEAM HAS TESTED POSITIVE. IN OSCEOLA COUNTY, M

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St. Cloud resident Robert Story said he went in for a regular appointment at Cano Health in then went home as usual.A couple days later he got a phone call from the doctor's office, advising him to self-quarantine because one of the doctors at that facility tested positive for the virus."I try to stay busy around the house but it's been hard lately," Robert Story said. "They told me I may have been exposed, I wasn't sure if they said the doctor had been infected, but they said I had possibly been exposed to the virus on my visit."He said he's feeling OK at this time, but he lives with loved ones who are older."My father-in-law is 91 years old, that's what scares me. If he gets that virus, it might take him," Robert Story said.Story isn't alone. Other patients who recently visited Cano Health were also called and told to self-quarantine.Officials with the health care center say when they found out a doctor tested positive, they made patients and staff aware, then temporarily closed the St. Cloud location."We can confirm that on March 17, one of our medical doctors did test positive for COVID-19. The patients that are part of the quarantine, they were all called and advised. They'll be receiving a follow up call within a week, early next week, to see how they're doing and if they require anything else of us," Barbara Ferreiro, a media contact with Cano Health, said.Cano officials also said that the doctor's positive test results were travel-related, but the doctor is doing OK at this time.They say no one else on their team has tested positive.While the St. Cloud location is closed, patients are welcome to go to their Kissimmee location. However, officials are urging patients to use the center's online Telehealth program unless it's urgent.