Quarantine
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Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. The word comes from the Italian (seventeenth century Venetian) language Italian quarantena, meaning forty day period.
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See also
- Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law
- Isolation (health care)
- Lazaretto
- Pesthouse
- Protective sequestration
- Cordon sanitaire
- Social distancing
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List of quarantine services in the world
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
- MAF Quarantine Service, in the New Zealand
- Quarantine, Western Australia[1] for the Western Australian Government
- Samoa Quarantine Service, in the West Samoa
- Racehorse & Equine Quarantine Services, A Company Build & Developed by Frankie Thevarasa Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, a Federal Quarantine Service of Russian Federal Government.
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