quarantine
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The US government is reportedly looking to arrange transport for the small group of Americans in DR Congo to a safe quarantine location, a source told health news site STAT.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
While many travelers are in quarantine, a handful are in high-tech biocontainment facilities for medical care if their illness progresses.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in quarantine on tiny Pitcairn Island, a volcanic outcrop in the South Pacific famously settled by mutineers from the HMS Bounty.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
They will speak to each patient about their exposure to the virus to determine their risk, and “then there’ll be some conversations about the most appropriate duration of quarantine for these individuals,” she said.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
On the one hand, my head was a mess of tumbling worries: rising poverty, falling blood counts, alarming potential for quarantine.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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