isolation period
Mandated separation time
The isolation period is the time someone must stay separated from others after exposure to or diagnosis of an infectious disease.
During COVID-19, the recommended isolation period was five to ten days.
The term applies to quarantine protocols generally: She completed her isolation period before returning to work.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- confinementState of being restricted
- separationState of being apart
incubation · waiting · waiting game · alone · contained · restricted · sealed · bubble · social distancing · distancing · shelter · stay at home · captive · withdrawn · cooped · climbing the walls · dormant · observation
- Tzaraathleprosy, bright spot, bright spots, white spots, skin lesions
- initiation ritesrite of passage, initiation rite, walkabout, tribal initiation, puberty rites
isolation periodsocial contact
Engagement with other people
group activity · congregation · free association · socialization · social gathering
isolation periodclearance
Permitted passage or approval
release · freedom of movement · free movement · all-clear · reintegration
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