Quarantine
Quarantine is a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. Quarantine has been used for centuries. It is an ancient tool used to prevent the spread of disease. The outbreak of Covid-19 has made us familiar with this term. There are two types of quarantine - home quarantine and institutional quarantine. In home quarantine, people are locked down within their houses, and community is engaged to watch over them. It is done when a person willingly separates himself and his family members from the community. In institutional quarantine, people are kept in a place arranged by the government. This is usually done for a large number of people returning from foreign countries severely affected by Covid-19. The main problem with quarantine is that persons under quarantine are often detained without regard to their essential needs. Quarantine can be a highly effective tool in preventing the spread of contagious disease like Covid-19 if properly applied and practiced according to modern public health principles.
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