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quarantine

[kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-] / ˈkwɔr ənˌtin, ˈkwɒr-, ˌkwɔr ənˈtin, ˌkwɒr- /




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The canine is under quarantine, and officials say it’s doing well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He said officials are trying to trace 27 passengers and crew members on the same Jambojet flight as the patient, and say they have made quarantine arrangements for those at risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

As many as 200 people with whom she may have had contact were under quarantine, the People of Baikal outlet added, without elaborating.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Due to the potential severity here, approximately 200 people have also been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk, a region in eastern Siberia, and some hospitals have been placed under quarantine.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

She did not see how the virus could be contained unless the monkey house was set up for quarantine with an independently filtered air supply.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The Texas Animal Health Commission also asks that cattlemen closely monitor wounds, reduce biting pests like flies and ticks whenever possible, and abide by infestation quarantines drawn by state authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

To be sure, screwworms can be contained through quarantines, tighter surveillance, and other methods.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

The department said it had also enacted "quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance" in that area.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

“If it’s true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified,” Bhattacharaya wrote.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2024

The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Like many other patients, she co-operated fully with the guidelines even during the frightening time when her 11-month-old baby, whom she was still breastfeeding, was taken away from her and quarantined for 21 days.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

People with Ebola-like symptoms avoid seeking treatment, fearing they will be quarantined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the U.S. plans to transport all seven Americans to Germany, where they will likely continue to be quarantined.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Two of the exposed Californians are quarantined at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

When the diagnosis was confirmed, he was forcibly quarantined in a hastily erected tent in a marsh along the Potomac River.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Utah’s ongoing measles outbreak, fueled in part by a lack of uniform quarantining efforts, has lasted more than a year and spread to nearly every county in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In the U.S., some Americans who disembarked earlier in the trip and returned home before the outbreak had been made public are quarantining at home.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Some other countries were only quarantining people from the ship for a few days before telling them to isolate at home, the minister said.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Then they tested what happens when different interventions - culling birds, quarantining close contacts and targeted vaccination - kicked in.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

Currie admitted that the illness was “strengthened by a particular construction of the atmosphere,” but he insisted that the best way to deal with it was by quarantining the sick.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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