home isolation
Staying inside alone
Home isolation is the practice of remaining in one's residence to prevent spreading an infectious disease to others.
Unlike quarantine, which separates people who may have been exposed, isolation applies to those confirmed or presumed infected: The doctor recommended home isolation until her symptoms resolved.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, home isolation became a widespread public health measure, with specific guidelines for duration and household precautions.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- solitudeState of being alone
- confinementState of being restricted
- stayingContinuing in place
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Formal entry into medical care
hospital admission · inpatient care · institutional care · nursing home care · residential treatment
home isolationsocial integration
Absorption into community life
community engagement · public life · communal living · mass gathering · mingling
home isolationfree movement
Unrestricted ability to travel
freedom of movement · going out · open society · freedom of assembly · return to normalcy
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