The word quarantine comes from quarantena or quarantaine, meaning "forty days", used in the Venetian language in the 14th and 15th centuries and also in France. 6.8 Case of Kaci Hickox' return to US, 2014 (Ebola).
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6.6 Apollo series space explorers, 1969–1971. 6.2 Convict ship Surry, Sydney Harbour, 1814 (typhoid). 5.6 List of quarantine services in the world. 5.5.4 History of quarantine laws in the US. 5.4.1 British maritime quarantine rules 1711–1896. 5 Standard quarantine practices in different countries. 4.1 The United Nations and the Siracusa Principles. Practice differs from country to country in some countries, quarantine is just one of many measures governed by legislation relating to the broader concept of biosecurity for example, Australian Biosecurity is governed by the single overarching Biosecurity Act 2015. 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, and extensive quarantines applied throughout the world during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020.Įthical and practical considerations need to be considered when applying quarantine to people. The concept of quarantine has been known since biblical times, and is known to have been practised through history in various places. Quarantine considerations are often one aspect of border control. 
It is distinct from medical isolation, in which those confirmed to be infected with a communicable disease are isolated from the healthy population. 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. US President Nixon greeting the Apollo 11 astronauts in NASA's mobile quarantine facilityĪ quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests.
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