A Kentucky couple refused to sign self-quarantine papers after testing positive for coronavirus. Now they have to wear ankle monitors.

• A married couple in Hardin County, Kentucky was ordered to wear ankle monitors after refusing to sign the "Self-isolation and Controlled Movement Agreed Order," CBS Affiliate WKYT reported.

• The wife, Elisabeth Linscott, told NBC affiliate WAVE that while the couple did not agree to sign the papers, they were not refusing to self-quarantine.

• In April, four or more people in Louisville, Kentucky were also ordered to wear ankle monitors after disobeying guidelines to self-quarantine.

A married couple in Hardin County, Kentucky was ordered to wear ankle monitors after refusing to sign the "Self-isolation and Controlled Movement Agreed Order," CBS Affiliate WKYT reported.

Elisabeth Linscott told NBC affiliate WAVE that she had tested for coronavirus on Saturday, July 11, because she was planning to visit family members in Michigan. She was asymptomatic but tested positive, WAVE reported.

After Linscott tested positive for coronavirus she told the news channel that she refused to meet the health department's request that she signs documents that restricted her from traveling without permission. She said that although the couple did not agree to sign the papers, they were not refusing to self-quarantine.

"My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I'm not going to wait to get the approval to go," Linscott told WAVE. She added in the interview that the Director of the Public Health Department "told the judge" that "I was refusing to self-quarantine," but that "that was not the case at all."

A few days after she refused to sign the documents, Linscott told WAVE that Linscott said the Hardin County Sheriff's Department arrived at her door. WAVE reported the couple was mandated to wear ankle monitors that would notify law enforcement if they travel beyond 200 feet.

The husband, Isaiah Linscott, who was wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap in the interview, said he opened the door to find around eight people waiting to speak with his family. "I'm like what the heck's going on?" Linscott told WAVE.

The couple says they will get an attorney, WAVE reported.

Kentucky has taken severe measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus since April when judges ordered a number of residents who tested positive to wear GPS monitors. Four or more people in Louisville, Kentucky were ordered in April to wear ankle monitors after disobeying guidelines to self-quarantine.

Insider has reached out to the Kentucky Department for Public Health for comment.