quarantine
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A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests, often applied to those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease even without a confirmed diagnosis. It matters because it serves as a public health measure to contain outbreaks and protect communities from infectious disease transmission.
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Key facts
- UK legislation.short_title
- Quarantine Act 1710
- UK legislation.type
- Act
- UK legislation.parliament
- Parliament of Great Britain
- UK legislation.long_title
- An Act to oblige Ships, coming from Places infected, more effectually to perform their Quarentine.
- UK legislation.year
- 1710
- UK legislation.citation
- 9 Ann. c. 2
- UK legislation.territorial_extent
- Great Britain
- UK legislation.royal_assent
- 23 December 1710
- UK legislation.commencement
- 25 December 1710
- UK legislation.amendments
- Quarantine Act 1720
- UK legislation.repeal_date
- 15 July 1867
- UK legislation.repealing_legislation
Article
44 sectionsContents
- Etymology and terminology
- History
- Medieval
- Modern history
- International conventions 1852–1927
- Signals and flags
- Ethical and practical considerations
- The United Nations and the Siracusa Principles
- Psychological impact
- Short-term quarantines, e.g. for decontamination
- Standard quarantine practices in different countries
- Australia
- Canada
- Hong Kong
- United Kingdom
- British maritime quarantine rules 1711–1896
- United States
- Federal rules
- US quarantine facilities
- US quarantine of imported goods
- History of quarantine laws in the US
- List of quarantine services in the world
- Notable quarantines
- Eyam village, 1665 (plague)
- Convict ship ''Surry'', Sydney Harbour, 1814 (typhoid)
- 'Typhoid Mary' (US), 1907–1910 and 1915–1938
- East Samoa, 1918 (flu pandemic)
- Gruinard Island, 1942–1990 (anthrax)
- Apollo series space explorers, 1969–1971
- Yugoslavia, 1972 (smallpox)
- Case of Kaci Hickox' return to US, 2014 (Ebola)
- COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2023
- Hubei
- Italy
- Rest of Europe
- Rest of the world
- Self-quarantine
- Other uses
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
alt=Two sealed wards of East Birmingham Hospital, with signs informing visitors of the quarantine |thumb|A quarantine was imposed on parts of Heartlands Hospital|East Birmingham Hospital after a 1978 smallpox outbreak. A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis. It is distinct from medical isolation, in which those confirmed to be infected with a communicable disease are isolated from the healthy population.
The concept of quarantine is known to have been practised through history in various places. Notable quarantines in modern history include the village of Eyam in 1665 during the bubonic plague outbreak in England; East Samoa during the 1918 flu pandemic; the Diphtheria outbreak during the 1925 serum run to Nome, the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak, the SARS pandemic, the Ebola pandemic and extensive quarantines applied throughout the world during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020.