quarantine
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Kiley said Friday that one of his staff members opened an envelope containing the substance and immediately placed it in a quarantine enclosure designed for such an incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The new patient, a 39-year-old man, is a close relative of the first case and was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday, Kenya's health ministry says.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
That’s very different from our recent experience with hantavirus, which can take 42 days for symptoms to show, necessitating long periods of quarantine for people who were exposed.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
As many as 200 people with whom she may have had contact were placed under quarantine over the incident, People of Baikal said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The importation of plants is the primary agent in the modern spread of species, for animals have almost invariably gone along with the plants, quarantine being a comparatively recent and not completely effective innovation.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Ongoing quarantines can affect locals who grow and sell fruits and also residents of the affected areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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
The quarantines for returning travelers could end up being lengthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
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
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Ten people who came into contact with a man who died of Ebola in Kenya have been quarantined, health officials in the East African nation say.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But clearly, his decision didn’t stick, and in 2020, the pair quarantined together during the pandemic, a revelation that arose when eagle-eyed fans noticed their social media content had identical backgrounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 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
If any quarantined passengers develop symptoms, they will be moved to biocontainment units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
That's the worst weakness you can have, right up there with having a family stuck in a quarantined zone or a street orphan needing you.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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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
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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