quarantine order
Official separation directive
A quarantine order is an official directive requiring isolation of people, animals, or goods to prevent disease spread.
Governments issue quarantine orders during outbreaks, restricting movement or mandating confinement: The health department issued a quarantine order for the entire building.
The term became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- stay at homeNot venture outside
- isolationComplete separation from others
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
curfew · restriction · confinement · pandemic · outbreak · containment · shelter-in-place · enforcement · compliance · violation · essential · essential workers · exemption · duration · household · exposure · close contact · contact-tracing
- travel restrictionstravel ban, visa ban, entry ban, border closure, flight ban
- health alertspandemic alert, health emergency, disease outbreak, food recall, drug recall
- court ordersinjunction, subpoena, summons, ruling, decree
- disease controlisolation unit, contact tracing, epidemic control, home isolation, self-isolation
- official noticespublic notice, memo, public notices, emergency alert, bulletin
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
quarantine orderfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
travel permit · open borders · free passage · right to travel · discharge papers
quarantine orderopen-door policy
Unrestricted access principle
social gathering · public assembly · return to normalcy · community event
quarantine orderself-isolation
Voluntary separation from others
personal choice · civil liberties · individual autonomy · habeas corpus · emancipation
quarantine, quarantines, quarantined, quarantining, order, orders, ordered, ordering, orderly