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- Dictionaryquarantine/ˈkwɒrəntiːn/
noun
- 1. a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed: "horses entering the country must stay in quarantine longer"
verb
- 1. place (a person or animal) in quarantine in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease: "I quarantine all new fish for one month"
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QUARANTINE definition: 1. a specific period of time in which a person or animal that has a disease, or may have one, must…. Learn more.
The word quarantine comes from quarantena or quarantaine, meaning "forty days", used in the Venetian language in the 14th and 15th centuries and also in France. The word is designated in the period during which all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague. The quarantena followed the trentino, or "thirty-day isolation" period ...
Dec 20, 2023 · residents in care homes for older adults; over-65s; people aged six months to 64 years in a clinical risk group; front-line health and social-care workers
Do get lots of rest. drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration (your pee should be light yellow or clear) take paracetamol or ibuprofen if you feel uncomfortable. try having a teaspoon of honey if you have a cough – do not give honey to babies under 12 months
Aug 7, 2020 · Travellers coming into Britain from Belgium, Andorra and the Bahamas will be required to quarantine for 14 days, the UK government has announced.The Foreign Office is also warning against all but ...
Dec 22, 2021 · People infected with Covid in England can stop self-isolating up to three days early if they test negative twice, it has been announced. They will now be able to end quarantine after seven days ...
Dec 11, 2020 · Self-isolation for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus will be shortened from 14 to 10 days across the UK from Monday. The change will also apply to people instructed to quarantine after ...
Jan 29, 2020 · Two hundred British citizens are being flown out of Wuhan - the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak - and back to the UK, where they will be quarantined for 14 days.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31 December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of so-called viral pneumonia in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
Mar 20, 2020 · Preventing the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is key to slowing the pandemic. People who have symptoms or who have suspected or known exposure to the virus, should practice self-quarantine or self-isolation. But what do the terms mean, and which should you do? Dr. Clayton T. Cowl, a pulmonologist and chair of Mayo Clinic's […]
