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@HarmanMogul The advice should only be 7 days for her; AFAIK its 14 days is if you are cohabiting with someone who has symptoms (so 7 days for them to clear and then another 7 days for you to make sure you didn't catch it on the final day).
Does the friend have someone who could pick them both up instead?
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As difficult as it will be, I think you should treat your wife as if she has the virus, either until the 14 days period has elapsed or she tests negative. It really is just not worth the risk. Sorry.
I don't post this to scare you (assuming you've not already read it) but just to stress how dangerous this is. Just to warn, it does contain rather graphic description of illness and death:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/the-story-of-a-coronavirus-infection.html