quarantine
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Now Kenyans are nervously waiting to see whether they acted in time—or whether Ebola will emerge outside of Nairobi’s quarantine wards and spread through the city of 5.6 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
One man who came into contact with the man who died in Kenya is under quarantine in Somalia and samples have been sent to Kenya for testing.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Locked away in their quarantine pod, the isolation proved the perfect opportunity to comb through hours of archival footage, stitching a story from B-roll and memories, both of which Eleanor had plenty of.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Of 130 contacts, 128 have been traced and are now in quarantine, it added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Much of the medical staff was now under quarantine inside the hospital, but the soldiers made sure that the quarantine was enforced.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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This group’s central experience of the government’s pledge to promote safety and security was instead through its Covid-19 pandemic response: quarantines, social distance and school closings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
“Idaho was the first to implement movement restrictions as well as quarantines of facilities,” Kennedy, the spokesperson, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
JumboTrons, always on, regardless of power shortages, display the latest warnings about floods and quarantines.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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The health workers -- two men aged 29 and 35, and a 32-year-old woman -– had cared for the first patient, and had been quarantined since October 9.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 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
Each star system is an island in space, quarantined from its neighbors by the light-years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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It didn’t take endless quarantining with my spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic to end my marriage of over two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
And many American doctors initially opposed the procedure as dangerous, medically unproven, and expensive because of physicians’ often-hefty fees and the cost of maintaining facilities for quarantining people temporarily after they were inoculated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
I remember lice from the boat—Mam was terrified of us kids getting it, and she checked our heads every day, quarantining us when we heard about outbreaks in other cabins.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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