Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday issued her twenty-sixth supplemental emergency proclamation transitioning the state from an amended Safer at Home Order to a new Safer Apart Order, the third phase of COVID-19 pandemic health orders. Masks will no longer be mandated statewide, but individuals are strongly encouraged to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people. This order goes into effect at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2021 and extends until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

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If two people are suspected to be infected, can they quarantine in close proximity to each other?

Unless it is unavoidable, two people 'suspected' of being infected should not quarantine together if they will have contact with each other or the potential to spread the disease between one another. That's because one of them may have contracted the virus and the other may not have, and placing them in close proximity could result in both getting infected. If two people in the same household need to quarantine, then they should do so by themselves, taking the same precautions as if they were trying to quarantine in a space with a healthy person who has no reason to believe they've been exposed to COVID-19.

https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/self-isolation-instructions-for-novel-coronavirus-covid-19.aspx

Updated 3 December 2020