Social distancing
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Social distancing is a term applied to certain nonpharmaceutical infection control actions that are taken by public health officials to stop or slow down the spread of a highly contagious disease. The objective of social distancing is to reduce the probability of contact between persons carrying an infection, and others who are not infected, so as to minimize disease transmission, morbidity and ultimately, mortality.
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See also
- Cordon sanitaire
- Infection control
- Isolation (health care)
- Lazaretto
- Leper colony
- Protective sequestration
- Quarantine
- Transmission (medicine)
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