quarantine
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We arrived in California on Easter Sunday and joined the rest of the world in quarantine, not knowing how it would affect our work and financial future.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work order.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Kenya's Health Minister Aden Duale has been found guilty of contempt of court over his handling of the construction of a controversial US-funded Ebola quarantine facility.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Hoping to intervene before others got sick, the families reported the illnesses to the dairy and the state, which quickly issued a recall and quarantine order, suspending distribution of the farm’s products.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 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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