The mailbag that set off alarms is currently under quarantine.
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The flight's 195 passengers remain under quarantine at the base.
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More than 24,700 people were still under quarantine this week.
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The employees under quarantine will continue to receive full pay.
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Sabharwal and Dhingra are among 40,000 Indians presently under quarantine.
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Wuhan and many cities in the region are under quarantine.
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This is what they told CNN about life under quarantine.
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The ship is expected to remain under quarantine until Feb.
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Already, about 2,200 people in the city are under quarantine.
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Those who have disembarked will likely still be placed under quarantine.
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Santa Rosa was under quarantine anyway, and air quality was horrible.
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Cotton is under quarantine and will continue working from home, Gov.
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It could mean a lot of people still under quarantine orders.
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A month's supply of medicine is vital for anyone under quarantine.
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If life under quarantine was inconvenient or lonely, few were complaining.
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Flights from Wuhan have been cancelled because it is under quarantine.
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Flights from Wuhan have been canceled because it is under quarantine.
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Officials said the teams would remain under quarantine until March 14.
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As of mid-February, 288 people were under quarantine at Pine Prairie.
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Poland's entire cabinet is under quarantine after its environment minister tested positive.
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But under quarantine, the city was overtaken by an extraordinary sound: silence.
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Hong Kong has tracked some high-risk people under quarantine with wristbands.
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Here's what life under quarantine looked like at the Kuredu Island Resort.
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More than two dozen firefighters, and some police officers, are under quarantine.
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The person had been under quarantine on the base until symptoms emerged.
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Here's what life under quarantine in China looks like on the ground.
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More Than 173 at 217 California Universities Under Quarantine Amid Measles Outbreak The number of staff members and students who were under quarantine on Friday was up by about 21944 from the day before, according to the authorities.
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Some 1,800 people in California's San Quentin State Prison were put under quarantine.
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One woman who was under quarantine endangered dozens of moviegoers in Fullerton, Calif.
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Rubinstein himself is under quarantine from the spread of coronavirus within Bnei Brak.
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The individual is now under quarantine in New Jersey, according to the ACU.
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"The seven Palestinians are under quarantine," she said according to Anadolu News Agency.
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This isn't true under ordinary circumstances, and it's certainly not true under quarantine.
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How should parents who are not under quarantine interact with children who are?
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But until late in the day on Wednesday, only Judah was under quarantine.
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Kuredu was one of four Maldives resorts under quarantine, according to The Telegraph.
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All of them are in a stable condition and under quarantine, KUNA reported.
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The government has placed a dozen towns under quarantine and closed down schools.
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The government there placing at least ten towns in Northern Italy under quarantine.
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She said she's passing the time under quarantine by working on her YouTube channel.
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The passengers will be put under quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, she said.
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Passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have been under quarantine since February 4.
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Consumption is harder to kickstart with policy easing, especially when everything is under quarantine.
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Eight of the boys are still under quarantine as doctors examine them for infection.
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Reminder: Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are still living under quarantine-like restrictions.
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That university reported that 106 staff members and 550 students were under quarantine orders.
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Under quarantine dogs in apartments are going to need to do their business inside.
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A total of 283 passengers arriving from Iran are currently under quarantine, it said.
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Three days later, the government placed Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, under quarantine.
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Chinese authorities placed the city under quarantine, leading it to become a ghost town.
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As of earlier this week, 46 million people across 16 cities were under quarantine.
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When the ship docked in Yokohama on February 4, it was put under quarantine.
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The C.D.C. reported on Wednesday that two more passengers under quarantine have become ill.
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Of the 380, around 200 have been under quarantine for the last 30 days.
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Around 200 of those foreigners have been under quarantine for the last thirty days.
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Wuhan is now under quarantine, and locals must wear face masks in public places.
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Chinese authorities have suspended air and train travel in Wuhan, which is under quarantine.
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A total of 283 passengers arriving from Iran are currently under quarantine, it said.
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At least 214 Americans are on board a cruise ship under quarantine in Yokohama, Japan.
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The Diamond Princess is one of two cruise ships currently under quarantine over the coronavirus.
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Colonel Manning said all mail received at the screening facility on Monday was under quarantine.
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With a former passenger having contracted the virus, the boat was soon placed under quarantine.
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The Broadway announcement followed news that an usher had tested positive and is under quarantine.
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Of the remaining inmate population, nine are in isolation housing and 21 are under quarantine.
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While they are separate from the general population, they are by no means under quarantine.
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Authorities have placed the entire capital of Manila under quarantine for a month starting Sunday.
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Courtney's husband is a college guidance counselor at SAR High School and is under quarantine.
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The company confirmed the case on Tuesday and said the individual was now under quarantine.
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He is resting at home under quarantine and is optimistic about making a full recovery.
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The results came back positive, and he and several other relatives were placed under quarantine.
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By March 10, up to one-third of its 180 staff members were under quarantine.
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But most hospitals are swamped and the population of 20163 million is struggling under quarantine.
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Shortly after Wuhan was put under quarantine, other Chinese cities were also put on lockdown.
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The order does not cover Hong Kong residents, though they may be placed under quarantine.
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Cruise ships quarantined Also under quarantine are thousands of passengers on board two cruise ships.
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Wuhan resident Wu has joined in, posting daily videos to TikTok of life under quarantine.
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More substantively, those under quarantine have had unprecedented access to information about the virus itself.
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The ship had been ordered to stay under quarantine at Yokohama port on Feb. 3.
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Now, with millions under quarantine, that treatment isn't safe — at least, not for the moment.
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A day later, Mr. Harirchi himself tested positive for the coronavirus, and is under quarantine.
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Reddit began putting threads that had white nationalist or alt-right propaganda under "quarantine" in 2017.
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The passengers are under quarantine at the Vacanciel Holiday Resort in Carry-Le-Rouet, near Marseille.
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The cat is currently under quarantine at animal control, where it's presumably planning its next move.
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Hundreds of millions of Chinese still live under quarantine-like restrictions, with travel limited between cities.
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Firefighters are either under quarantine at home or at a Kirkland fire station, the statement said.
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She and her husband have been under quarantine since February 4 on board the cruise ship.
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The center of the city is considered a "containment zone," but it is not under quarantine.
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Many employees likely have it, too — up to one-third of the staff is under quarantine.
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The dog is currently under quarantine at a port in Hong Kong, according to the department.
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It was unclear if all the teams under quarantine have been allowed to leave the country.
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The center of the city is considered a "containment zone," but it is not under quarantine.
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All other individuals under quarantine -- 180 at Travis and 166 at Miramar -- have been medically cleared.
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Most of his friends who had recently returned from Wuhan had also put themselves under quarantine.
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An Irish teacher living in Wuhan, China, has been chronicling life under quarantine for Channel 4.
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Walentin and Oetterli picked a novel way to kill time while under quarantine for five days.
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He said that in addition to Qom's 50 deaths, more than 250 people were under quarantine.
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Three cruise ships are still either under quarantine or have passengers being investigated for the coronavirus.
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Schools have closed nationwide and a seminary is reportedly under quarantine in the city of Qom.
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Five other cities have also been placed under quarantine orders — about 23 million people are impacted.
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The third boy, infected at school, was put under quarantine, so he didn't spread it to anyone.
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Chinese citizens are finding interesting ways to occupy their time under quarantine due to the deadly coronavirus.
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This is what life in the city is like under quarantine, as China enforces increasingly strict measures.
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The ship will remain under quarantine in Yokohama with everyone on board for at least two weeks.
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In Italy, entire cities and towns were put on lockdown, effectively putting an estimated 100,000 under quarantine.
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer told CNN that the National Guard's work will help those under quarantine.
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Dr. Thongchai said the Wild Boars would not be attending because they would still be under quarantine.
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She confirms that her breathing is fine and she's under quarantine for 14 days with her family.
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Videos provide tips for working from home and cooking, to help people cope with life under quarantine.
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Dozens of colleges and schools were closed, events were canceled and thousands of people were under quarantine.
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HK LEADER CARRIE LAM SAYS WUHAN RETURNEES TO KEEP IN SEPARATE BUILDING APART FROM PEOPLE UNDER QUARANTINE
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Another person under quarantine was also being tested at the San Diego hospital on Monday, officials said.
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We're covering a mass shooting in Thailand, a cruise ship under quarantine and record heat in Antarctica.
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According to SamMobile, other employees who came into contact with the infected employee are now under quarantine.
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Cruise operators also have canceled trips, and some ships that had already set sail are under quarantine.
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On Monday, the CDC announced the 13th case in the U.S., another evacuee under quarantine at Miramar.
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So when the Liberian president issued a curfew on August 230, West Point was also put under quarantine.
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Health authorities placed the ship under quarantine after its arrival there on April 30, barring anyone from disembarking.
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Athletes under quarantine have been unable to train, and many qualifying competitions had already been postponed or canceled.
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Under the plan, some infected people will have to stay home under quarantine but continue receiving medical supplies.
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Two Microsoft employees in Washington tested positive in early March for the illness, and are now under quarantine.
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As of Thursday, the two universities had reported a total of 280 students and faculty members under quarantine.
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In addition, 26 firefighters and three police officers who had contact with facility residents are also under quarantine.
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I'm bringing a friend who is under quarantine food tonight and just talk to her through the window.
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Amler and the health department quickly traced his steps and put the man's wife and family under quarantine.
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The evacuated passengers arrived at Travis Air Force Base, where they would spend another 14 days under quarantine.
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Thousands of pets have been abandoned in cities under quarantine in China as owners are unable to return.
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A total of 145 people are under quarantine at the Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, according to Click2Houston.
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Another centre of infection has been the Diamond Princess cruise ship held under quarantine in Japan since Feb.
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The Italian government has placed a dozen northern towns under quarantine and closed down schools, museums and cinemas.
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Because more than 50 million people in China are under quarantine, many would-be Chinese tourists cannot travel.
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They are currently under quarantine as Messonnier said they are considered to be at high risk for infection.
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The CDC said this is the first person under quarantine at Lackland who tested positive for COVID-19.
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The animals had been under quarantine after escaping Villafane's yard weeks ago and biting her neighbor, the statement says.
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County Executive Jim Tedesco has put the jail in Hackensack under quarantine for a little more than three weeks.
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And a jail contracting with ICE in Bergen County, New Jersey, has been placed under quarantine due to mumps.
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Two of those travelers are still under quarantine, but one has been released after testing negative for the coronavirus.
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About 150 of the first victim's contacts have been under monitoring, and the new patient had been under quarantine.
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There are about 600 total people on Military bases throughout the US under quarantine over fears of the virus.
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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in January, thousands of passengers on cruise ships have been placed under quarantine.
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Still, the clinic told him he was still under quarantine until he was cleared by the local health department.
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Reddit now classifies its most objectionable content as under "quarantine" and requires a verified email address to access it.
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The idea of shutting them away may strike them as odd as placing their less-pleasant children under quarantine.
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Given the number of deaths and people who are under quarantine, that figure is almost certainly a dramatic underestimation.
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Here are five steps you should take right now while under quarantine so you're better prepared for a recession.
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Those under quarantine can have visitors, but physical interaction may be limited to prevent the spread of the disease.
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An elderly couple in Washington state was separated when a local nursing home went under quarantine over the coronavirus.
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The New York Times: Confirmed coronavirus cases in New York double to 22 while 2,2023 people are under quarantine.
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And firefighters across the country, in states including Georgia, Indiana and Washington, are under quarantine amid the coronavirus crisis.
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As of Friday, about 827,000 people remained under quarantine in Beijing, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.
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This is the second evacuee from Wuhan, China, under quarantine at the base to test positive for novel coronavirus.
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China also swiftly built two hospitals to accommodate the gorwing number of patients, and put entire cities under quarantine.
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According to Jarred Evans, one of the Americans under quarantine at the base, everyone there is in good spirits.
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Initially known as 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is now under quarantine.
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According to Reuters, the two individuals are under quarantine and are being supported by the company through their treatment.
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At Travis Air Force Base, people under quarantine will stay at the base's Westwind Inn, the military said Wednesday.
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The ship, which is carrying more than 3,700 people, is placed under quarantine scheduled to end on February 19.
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Another centre of infection has been the Diamond Princess cruise ship held under quarantine in Japan since Feb. 3.
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Those who were evacuated last week were divided up and are now under quarantine in Nebraska, Texas and California.
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A hotel in the Canary Islands has reportedly been placed under quarantine after a case of coronavirus was confirmed.
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The patient was put under quarantine after arriving to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight on Feb.
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The two other evacuees to test positive were under quarantine at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego.
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Schools shut down, and the city government — the officials who were still standing, that is — put the town under quarantine.
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The four boys rescued Sunday are recovering under quarantine in a nearby hospital and are yet to see their parents.
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Businesses that can stay open under quarantine conditions will have to shut their doors anyway if they have no customers.
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Gay Courter, the woman who was under quarantine at Lackland, expressed her frustration over the last-minute change in protocol.
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Mijente also said a couple was arrested in Denver and taken to a facility where 10 people were under quarantine.
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In California, hundreds of students and staff members at two universities remained under quarantine following possible exposure to the virus.
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State health officials said a California patient was not under quarantine as doctors appealed to the CDC to test her.
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In Poland, citizens under quarantine have to download a government app that mandates they respond to periodic requests for selfies.
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Sixty-five inmates in Washington, D.C. were placed under quarantine this week after a U.S. Marshal tested positive for coronavirus.
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Kuredu, which saw the country's first coronavirus cases, was one of four Maldives resorts under quarantine, according to The Telegraph.
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California health officials said the patient wasn't under quarantine before her diagnosis and was out and about in her community.
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They will not be housed alongside people who have been placed under quarantine after returning to the country from China.
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A woman under quarantine in San Diego after arriving from Wuhan was accidentally released despite showing symptoms of the virus.
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The patient is among a group under quarantine after they returned to the U.S. on a chartered flight from Hubei.
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"We have neither the capacity nor the ability to put Tehran under quarantine," Pirouz Hanachi told the Mehr News Agency.
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Since then, 28 people in close proximity to the infected have been placed under quarantine to prevent the disease from spreading.
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Walmart has also created an emergency paid leave policy for employees who get coronavirus or who live in areas under quarantine.
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The Arlberg region in the province of Vorarlberg near the Swiss border was on Tuesday put under quarantine until April 3.
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They were worried I may have brought back some sort of virus from Africa and wanted to put me under quarantine.
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The ship sat in the port of Yokohama, Japan, for weeks as the local government placed everyone on board under quarantine.
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There were extraordinary efforts to contain the virus around its point of origin, including placing roughly 50 million people under quarantine.
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"It's been very crazy," said one of the thousands of New Yorkers under quarantine about the official guidance she has gotten.
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Namibia reported its first two cases: a Spanish couple who arrived there on Wednesday and who are both now under quarantine.
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Zoom has skyrocketed in popularity due to much of the world being under quarantine or so-called shelter in place orders.
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The Arlberg region in the province of Vorarlberg near the Swiss border was on Tuesday put under quarantine until April 3.
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More than 600 people who left Wuhan after the outbreak began remain under quarantine at military bases in the United States.
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"They have abandoned us here, infecting each other," said Michela Torresani, a 36-year-old payroll worker who is under quarantine.
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Children under quarantine have gotten toys to play with and can participate in organized activities to burn off their nervous energy.
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When the ship was placed under quarantine, more than 21,700 passengers and crew aboard were on board, including about 400 Americans.
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Italy reported a sharp rise in cases and a dozen towns in the northern part of that country are under quarantine.
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Japan reported two deaths from the Diamond Princess cruise liner that was under quarantine, and South Korea reported its first fatality.
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The Diamond Princess cruise ship is currently under quarantine after more than 170 people have been confirmed to have the new coronavirus.
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At the time of the collapse, 58 people were under quarantine in the hotel and all had tested negative for novel coronavirus.
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Most of the cases were in Washington State, California and Texas, including Americans who are under quarantine after being repatriated from China.
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Members of the Lakers are under quarantine for 14 days and will be tested for COVID-19, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.
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Asymptomatic patients who have tested positive are monitored and placed under quarantine until they develop symptoms or turn negative in later tests.
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Brazilian officials on Thursday confirmed that Bolsonaro's communications secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, has the coronavirus and is now under quarantine at his home.
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The dog is currently under quarantine at a port in Hong Kong, according to the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
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The patient had been exposed to the virus before attending the convention and is now under quarantine in the hospital, ACU said.
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There are thousands of people under quarantine in New York state, most of whom haven't been tested but could have the disease.
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Those already under quarantine will remain there for two weeks and can return to work if they don't have symptoms, Long said.
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Carl Goldman, 66, and his wife, Jeri Seratti-Goldman, who were aboard the Diamond Princess, were under quarantine at the Omaha facility.
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Despite trucks with government permits being able to deliver food, stocks of food in supermarkets is running low in cities under quarantine.
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Dr. Messonnier said the C.D.C. has been working with state and local health departments to find places to keep people under quarantine.
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After a passenger who'd previously disembarked tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise docked in Yokohama, Japan, and was put under quarantine.
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Chinese social media has been full of speculation over whether Li has been placed under quarantine since returning from the stricken city.
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Dr. Messonnier said the C.D.C. had been working with state and local health departments to find places to keep people under quarantine.
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On Tuesday, Wuhan health authorities said dozens of patients remained in hospitals with the virus, some critically ill and all under quarantine.
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The U.S. evacuated roughly 210.3 Americans from Wuhan, more than 215.3 of which remain under quarantine at military facilities across the nation.
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The U.S. evacuated roughly 800 Americans from Wuhan, more than 600 of which remain under quarantine at military facilities across the nation.
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In Japan, 39 new cases were confirmed on a cruise ship under quarantine at Yokohama, bringing the total to 174 on the ship.
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Lowe's said the employee is under quarantine, and that the company placed other employees who worked closely with the staffer on paid leave.
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January 23: Chinese authorities placed the 11-million-person city of Wuhan under quarantine — and the rest of the Hubei province days later.
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Twenty-seven firefighters and three police officers are under quarantine, and Kirkland Patch reported that 12 of them were experiencing flu-like symptoms.
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It was unclear when the usher, who is under quarantine, began showing symptoms, which can emerge within two to 14 days of infection.
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We're told new customers aren't only looking to protect their own homes, but also those where their aging relatives are living under quarantine.
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Israel set up special polling stations to accommodate those under quarantine — which was meant to also tamp down other voters' fears about exposure.
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So far, though, the only people under quarantine were the 195 people who have been held at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside.
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The Pentagon said in a statement that it had put its mail facility under quarantine and that the FBI was analyzing the envelopes.
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The place that's most affected is under quarantine, and police stop you on the road and tell you that you can't go places.
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The Diamond Princess is still under quarantine off the coast of Yokohama, Japan, after at least 70 passengers tested positive for the coronavirus.
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But people here are not required to be under quarantine unless they have recently visited mainland China, where many areas are under lockdown.
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Yardley Wong, captive on the Japanese cruise ship grappling with the coronavirus, captured in a single image the essence of life under quarantine.
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The 195 United States citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, will be placed under quarantine.
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There were 2,666 passengers and 173,045 crew on board when the ship went under quarantine on February 5, according to Princess Cruise Lines.
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We should not stop dating under quarantine (if we don't want to), according to Match's chief dating expert Rachel DeAlto, but instead adapt.
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"All USPS mail received at the Pentagon mail screening facility yesterday is currently under quarantine and poses no threat to Pentagon personnel," Manning added.
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The employee -- an usher who works for both the Shubert and Nederlander Organizations -- is currently under quarantine, according to a statement from the companies.
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North Korea has closed almost all border entry points and put foreigners in the country under quarantine, but is now asking them to leave.
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Members of the Los Angeles Lakers are under quarantine for 14 days and will be tested for COVID-19, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.
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The Biden team is working to adapt to the new realities of a campaign playing out in a nation under quarantine, isolation and fear.
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The ship sat in the port of Yokohama, Japan, for two weeks in February as the local government placed everyone on board under quarantine.
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ACU said that the patient was exposed to the virus before attending the convention and that he was now under quarantine in the hospital.
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They want to know that the home they're going to isn't under quarantine because someone there is sick from this virus that's going around.
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But officials stressed that residents of the community who were not under quarantine would still be allowed to come and go as they pleased.
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BTW, you can see much more from Drew on Monday's "TMZ Live" -- about inspiring others to give, and how his household's changed under quarantine.
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The American-owned cruise ship was put under quarantine by Japanese for two weeks in February after a coronavirus outbreak was detected on board.
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In just a week under quarantine, Wuhan has experienced food shortages, an overwhelming number of patients, and several evacuations of foreigners visiting the city.
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In just a week under quarantine, Wuhan has experienced food shortages, an overwhelming number of patients, and several evacuations of foreigners from the city.
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All 3,600 people on board the World Dream ship in Hong Kong will also be able to disembark Monday, after five days under quarantine.
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More than 600 such travellers remain under quarantine in the US, and the CDC has predicted that more cases will turn up among them.
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INSIDE THE OUTBREAK Anna Liu's hometown is on lockdown, but she has found ways to use her skills as a reporter, even under quarantine.
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The ship, the Diamond Princess, has been under quarantine for a week, after a passenger who disembarked in Hong Kong was diagnosed with coronavirus.
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The virus was first discovered in Wuhan, China — a city of over 11 million people which is currently under quarantine following the coronavirus outbreak.
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In Europe, Spain's premier soccer league, La Liga, has halted play for at least two weeks after Real Madrid put its team under quarantine.
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According to Associated Press, food stocks in supermarkets are running low in cities under quarantine, though trucks with government permits are allowed to deliver food.
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Authorities there decided to keep the birds under quarantine until they tested negative for the virus, rather than to cull them, according to the state.
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The farm, located in the town of Tepatitlan de Morelosos, is under quarantine and the birds sent to a slaughterhouse near the site, it said.
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Drivers who are diagnosed with COVID-19 or drivers who are individually put under quarantine by a public health agency will receive funds from Lyft.
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But after Mayor Claudia López declared Colombia's sprawling, mountainous, mural-covered capital under quarantine and ordered people to stay at home, something else arrived. Silence.
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U.C.L.A. said in a statement on Friday that one student remained under quarantine and that fewer than 50 were self-isolating in off-campus residences.
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As Italy struggles to contain Europe's worst outbreak of the influenza-like disease, the government has placed some 50,000 people in 11 towns under quarantine.
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By the end of the weekend, the question was moot: All students at her children's school were placed under quarantine until at least March 16.
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Authorities on March 11 said 238 people under quarantine in a residential compound tested positive for the disease after three residents had earlier been diagnosed.
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In the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus, people around the world are dealing with the possibility they could face time under quarantine.
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About 740 South Korean soldiers were under quarantine on Thursday as the country's military tried to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus among its ranks.
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Last week, another US government-arranged flight arrived from Wuhan at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, where 195 Americans remain under quarantine.
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Over the last week, the Chinese government has placed a growing number of cities under quarantine by halting all public transportation within and between regions.
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Of the 352 Hong Kong residents who had been on the ship, more than 200 returned to the city last week and were under quarantine.
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The patient was discharged after meeting all of CDC's criteria for release but was later brought back under quarantine after testing positive for the disease.
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On February 4th, the first day the Diamond Princess was under quarantine, 10 people out of 3,711 passengers and crew tested positive for the virus.
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The spread of the virus has prompted some airlines to cancel flights to China, and several countries have placed people traveling from Wuhan under quarantine.
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But on Thursday morning, officials in Wuhan, China — the 11-million-person city where a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak started — put the city under quarantine.
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The Diamond Princess cruise ship has been under quarantine since February 4, after several guests were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China.
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Among the possible answers is that we are under quarantine, or that technological species kill themselves off before they get to the stage of reaching out.
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Rumors flew of other attacks around the city; its 1.5 million residents were told to stay indoors; trains were diverted, as if Munich was under quarantine.
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Live cloven-hoofed animals from areas not affected by foot and mouth will still have to undergo routine checks including being placed under quarantine, Dlamini said.
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Supercar maker Ferrari (RACE), which is headquartered in one of the towns placed under quarantine over the weekend, said Monday that operations were continuing as usual.
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Yonkers Raceway, the popular harness-racing track, shut down Tuesday afternoon and has asked employees who spent time near the horse paddock to remain under quarantine.
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Currently, dozens of my patients are under quarantine, several are exhibiting symptoms and at least one has clear signs of Covid-19 infection (testing is pending).
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Like other gig economy companies, Instacart said it will provide paid sick leave to workers diagnosed with coronavirus or placed under quarantine by public health authorities.
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The entire country of Italy is under quarantine until April 13 as it grapples with widespread transmission: cases now top 12,000, with more than 800 deaths.
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The health care workers who responded to the patient before they were put in isolation are under quarantine and are not showing symptoms as of now.
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I am actually looking forward to going to the office since I have basically been under quarantine (official and non-official) for at least six weeks.
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But a week after the virus first appeared in New York, many state residents under quarantine feel they have largely been left to fend for themselves.
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Most teams will play based out of their local headquarters, with the exception of players who are in provinces under quarantine, and thus unable to leave.
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One participant was actually from Wuhan, China where the COVID-19 pandemic first began — a member of Rauch's own team, who was later placed under quarantine.
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The patient is the third person under quarantine to test positive; two people at a base in San Diego were also confirmed to have the virus.
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Milan, the commercial heart of Italy, has been eerily quiet, with 11 nearby towns under quarantine and the number of cases in Italy rising to 229.
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The rest of the passengers on board will remain under quarantine for at least 14 days, "as required by the Ministry of Health," the statement added.
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Ruyi would have go to another hospital in Hubei province, but with the city under quarantine, she wouldn't be able to travel to a different hospital.
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The factory is now under quarantine, and a notice from the committee said the company did not fully comply with virus prevention procedures before resuming production.
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Matthew Smith, who's under quarantine with his wife Katherine, told CNBC on Monday that he's "maintaining his confidence" that they'll be able to depart next Wednesday.
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Two Los Angeles universities are keeping hundreds of at-risk students and faculty under quarantine in an effort to stem a historic measles outbreak hitting the country.
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That's partly because the more than 50 million people locked down in cities under quarantine are "really anxious and bored, and their lives have pretty much stopped."
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"All [United States Postal Service] mail received at the Pentagon mail screening facility yesterday is currently under quarantine and poses no threat to Pentagon personnel," spokesman Col.
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And in Mongolia, President Khaltmaagiin Battulga and other officials have already been placed under quarantine for two weeks, after returning from a one-day trip to China.
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Once she was at the counter, she admitted to the pharmacist that she had just been released from the hospital and was supposed to be under quarantine.
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She said residents are under quarantine but may get together in groups of less than 10 people, as long as they stay at least 10 feet apart.
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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff told CNN Monday he and Nirenberg wrote letters to federal agencies in February to keep people under quarantine, but both went unanswered.
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China's economy under quarantine points to a key difference between today's crash and 2008: This is a crisis of work, and there is no fix for that.
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"At this point, 127 staff employees and 6953 student employees have been sent home under quarantine orders," the university said in an emailed statement on Thursday evening.
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Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, many of which are still under quarantine and in areas where multiple new gas leaks were reported on Saturday.
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Both chains said they would pay up to 14 days of sick leave for employees who are diagnosed with the coronavirus or placed under quarantine for exposure.
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After weeks of steep market declines, you may feel you've had enough, that you want your hard-earned money during these uncertain times with you, under quarantine.
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Earlier this month, the company said it would provide up to 14 days of paid sick leave to workers diagnosed with the coronavirus or placed under quarantine.
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Four days after the Grand Princess cruise ship docked, passengers now under quarantine in California expressed frustration that they have still not been tested for the coronavirus.
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A spokesman for the government's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said the dog, which has been tested several times, is still under quarantine but is not sick.
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South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers this past week that North Korea has put at least 7,000 people under quarantine, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
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As millions of people in central China remain under quarantine in an attempt to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, a fresh problem is emerging: boredom.
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Hong Kong health officials said Thursday that while all tests had come back negative so far, the 3,600 passengers and crew would remain under quarantine for now.
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South Korea has placed itself on the highest possible alert to deal with the outbreak, suspending nonessential military training and placing more than 73,500 troops under quarantine.
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Mac's other alleged dealer, Stephen Walter, had his arraignment pushed back to later this month, because he's in custody in San Diego and under quarantine for mumps.
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The city of 11 million people has been under quarantine for nearly two weeks now, as the Chinese government grapples to slow the spread of the illness.
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For most of the past century, imports of Argentine lemons were restricted under quarantine rules, for fear that fruit might bring in pests that could hurt American crops.
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The dust has finally settled on Tesla CEO Elon Musk's battle with the SEC, LA is under quarantine, and the US is falling behind in SIM-swap hacking.
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Hundreds of students and employees at two Los Angeles universities who couldn't provide proof of vaccination were under quarantine Thursday and Friday after possible exposure to the disease.
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Elsewhere, the prime minister of Malaysia unveiled strict controls on all travel in or out of the country, while around half of the Philippines is now under quarantine.
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Rita Wilson's killing time under quarantine with a little old school hip-hop -- and she apparently knows one of its gems by heart ... down to a freakin' tee!
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The company provides up to two weeks of additional paid sick leave if an employee is diagnosed with the virus or put under quarantine by a health official.
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Brownlee, who heads the department's repatriation task force, said he was aware of US citizens under quarantine in Peru who are stuck in facilities where they are staying.
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In another statement on Thursday, the university said it had cleared 43 more students and two faculty members, reducing the number of people under quarantine there to 82.
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As of this report, there are currently 22 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State, and more than 2,700 people currently under quarantine in New York City.
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Once she was at the counter, the patient admitted to the pharmacist that she had just been released from the hospital and was supposed to be under quarantine.
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He's stuck at home under quarantine for 503 days while his parents anxiously check for measles symptoms, which start like a bad cold before the telltale rash develops.
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As well as the ship in Yokohama, two vessels in the US and Hong Kong had also been under quarantine, with passengers and crew tested for the virus.
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The rest of the passengers on board will remain under quarantine for at least 8003 days, "as required by the Ministry of Health," the cruise company's statement added.
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An employee of the country's health ministry tested positive for the illness after surveying passengers aboard a cruise ship being held under quarantine in the port of Yokohama.
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The Public Health Act has been in place since September 22016 and was used to isolate people who had diseases such as leprosy or TB under quarantine or asylum.
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In addition, the United States does not really have the logistical systems in place to guarantee the distribution of medical services, food and other necessities to people under quarantine.
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Bachelor star Colton Underwood shared the news of his positive test on Saturday night, and is currently under quarantine with his girlfriend, Cassie Randolph, and her family in California.
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But a more heavy-handed approach is the one that Chinese authorities took in the city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus first emerged: Lock everyone down under quarantine.
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More than 16 million citizens are under quarantine in Italy's northern industrial heartland, more than 360 people have died and more than 7,000 have tested positive for the virus.
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It will also allow officials to bypass certain purchasing regulations if needed and allows for more resources to go to local health departments responsible for monitoring those under quarantine.
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The wristband and the app were developed in collaboration with a local startup "to ascertain people under quarantine are staying at their dwelling places," according to a government statement.
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In addition, the United States does not really have the logistical systems in place to guarantee the distribution of medical services, food and other necessities to people under quarantine.
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She started uploading TikToks on February 6 with comedic daily tips on what to do when you are under quarantine, including chin tightening, jumping on the bed, and escaping.
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The Epping Boys High School in Sydney will be closed for at least a day, while almost 1,200 students and staff will be put under quarantine, the report said.
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With Wuhan under quarantine, the city&aposs doctors also say they are being overwhelmed by the growing number of cases and lack of medical equipment to meet the surge.
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A different ship, the Diamond Princess, has been docked for more than a week in Yokohama, Japan, where it was put under quarantine after cases of infection were confirmed.
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The Diamond Princess cruise ship has been under quarantine since early this month, leaving over 3,000 passengers and crew in confinement, after a passenger was diagnosed with the coronavirus.
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And Whole Foods workers are planning a national "sickout" on Tuesday to call for better protections, such as free coronavirus testing for employees and paid leave for staffers under quarantine.
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"Unfortunately, during such circumstances, requiring members to vote in person may pose public health risks or even be physically impossible for persons under quarantine," the Democrats, led by California Rep.
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Heleno, 72, a retired army general and one of President Jair Bolsonaro's closest aides, said he is currently under quarantine at his home while waiting for a second-test confirmation.
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In January, Wuhan, China, a city of 85033 million people, was placed in a travel ban and 10 other Chinese cities were placed under quarantine orders to contain the virus.
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Residents of West Point, the country's largest township, less than a 10-minute drive away, suffered the worst of the disease and were restricted under quarantine and an evening curfew.
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Several ski resorts including Ischgl and St Anton have been put under quarantine in recent days as they are seen as hotspots for the spread of the virus in Austria.
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The outcome of a local judicial race in Idaho was eventually overturned in part because special arrangements were made to allow a small group of people under quarantine to vote.
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There has been one death and 334 confirmed cases in Japan, 286 of which are from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that is currently docked in Yokohama Bay under quarantine.
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All US Postal Service mail received at the Pentagon mail screening facility on Monday was placed under quarantine and posed no threat to Pentagon personnel, according to Pentagon spokesperson Col.
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As of late Monday, though, expectations that a large number of Americans who had traveled to parts of China might quickly be held under quarantine had not come to pass.
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Mohsen Hashemi, head of Tehran's municipal council, also told AFP that the entire city — which has about 9 million residents — would be put under quarantine if it sees more infections.
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All US Postal Service mail received at the Pentagon mail screening facility on Monday is currently under quarantine and poses no threat to Pentagon personnel, according to Pentagon spokesperson Col.
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There were 13 confirmed cases in the U.S. as of Wednesday, including an evacuee from Wuhan, China who is under quarantine at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
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Three patients in Russia under quarantine for coronavirus orchestrated two unrelated dramatic escapes from the hospital as the country cracks down hard, in the wake of the coronavirus' spread in China.
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Evacuees took Zumba classes under quarantine Before the mandatory quarantine was instated at the Riverside base, one of the evacuees tried to leave the premises and was placed under individual quarantine.
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Brown is one of five people in the city to be directed to stay under quarantine due to measles concerns, Mike Moore, a spokesman for the city, said in a statement.
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The model ID number for the solar panels on the Walmart roof was PV-10119-255, and it would later end up under quarantine during Project Titan, according to internal documents.
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The facility in Tennessee's Lincoln County has been placed under quarantine, along with approximately 30 other poultry farms within a 6.2-mile (10 km) radius of the site, the state said.
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At least four people died of Ebola last month in Guinea, and more than 1,000 people who may have come in contact with the infected individuals have been put under quarantine.
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced new measures to fight the spread of the disease on Sunday, placing around 16 million people in central and northern provinces, including Lombardy, under quarantine.
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Chuck Schumer called for more options on Sunday including paid sick leave for workers under quarantine and for those whose children are out of school as a result of the coronavirus.
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At the same time, we learn that the building is under quarantine because of an inhibition-erasing infection that turns eyeballs red and regular people into sex- and violence-crazed lunatics.
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A group of Chinese experts headed to Italy this week to help combat the virus in that badly hit European country; Italy has put its entire 60 million population under quarantine.
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Breitner — who is based in Tucson, Arizona, and currently under quarantine in Rome, Italy — has been working with couples and families in person as well as remotely for over 22 years.
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The photos circulating online are stunning -- you'd never guess anyone was under quarantine or safer-at-home orders ... it looks like a regular weekend in L.A., even though it really isn't.
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What does it feel like knowing that for as long as we're under quarantine, you'll still be going to work and be out and about when everyone else is shut in?
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Hospitals are trying to identify the people who were exposed to the patient to put them into appropriate categories -- whether they need to be under isolation or under quarantine, he added.
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"As any quarantine extends, the economic and social hardships on the community under quarantine will expand, requiring the delivery of food and services and also hindering local economic activity," he said.
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Authorities identified a cluster of towns in Lombardy and a smaller zone in the neighboring region of Veneto as the epicenter of the flare-up and placed 50,000 inhabitants under quarantine.
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Authorities identified a cluster of towns in Lombardy and a smaller zone in the neighboring region of Veneto as the epicenter of the flare-up and placed 50,000 inhabitants under quarantine.
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Effectively keeping people under quarantine—testing them and watching for symptoms to develop within the 14-day incubation period—requires a significant amount of resources and personnel, and isn't sustainable forever.
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The woman, reported to be in her 60s, was under quarantine on the ship for 14 days but tested positive during another test in Tochigi Prefecture, which is north of Tokyo.
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"Often, the prison officials use illness as a weapon to punish all the inmates, by placing us under quarantine, which is very similar to isolation," he said in his court declaration.
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A cholera outbreak means the neighborhood where the real Skerrett and her daughter live is under quarantine, but the pastry chef knows how to bribe street kids and sneak around the place.
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But even before regions of the north were placed under quarantine Sunday, before the measures were extended to the entire country Monday night, there were signs of major holes in the approach.
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New York (CNN Business)One after the other, many gig companies have said in recent days that they will compensate workers diagnosed with coronavirus or placed under quarantine by public health authorities.
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But Sanders' absence from Washington over the weekend raised eyebrows, especially when he became the only senator not under quarantine to miss a procedural vote on the still-unresolved congressional stimulus package.
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Brownlee said the State Department is "working to assure that travelers placed under quarantine have access to appropriate food and healthy living conditions" and urged Americans to follow the Peruvian quarantine guidelines.
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Italy has been hit particularly hard by the outbreak; the whole of the country, some 60 million people, has effectively been ordered under quarantine as officials scramble to contain the virus' spread.
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The law also grants the army the right to help curb the movement people in large groups, and allows mobile operators' location data to be used to track those put under quarantine.
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In the meantime, life is on hold for citizens in Italy's most impacted regions where around a dozen towns remain under quarantine and schools, sports arenas, churches, theaters and bars are closed.
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Hubei Province, which includes the city of Wuhan where the novel coronavirus first emerged, has been under quarantine for roughly a month in an effort to contain the spread of the virus.
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The city of Wuhan went under quarantine earlier this week, leaving local hospitals alone to care for an overwhelming number of patients at the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, outbreak.
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Passengers on a flight from Singapore to Hangzhou are being held under quarantine after two of over 335 people on the plane were found with a fever, according to the Reuters report.
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Another angle: A cruise ship where 20 passengers have been found to be infected is now anchored near Yokohama, Japan, and the 3,700 people still aboard are under quarantine for two weeks.
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Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, who has studied infection control practices in health care settings, said such facilities might eventually have to limit visitors, or even keep residents under quarantine as a preventive measure.
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Unclear which facility this is, but according to reports on the ground -- at least two hotels in that city have been placed under quarantine, including the Bel Sit and the Al Mare.
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Fehrenbacher and Christoph are no longer confined to their room, so they spend much of the day outside on the military base, as do many of the other people under quarantine there.
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After the first cases were confirmed last week, the government placed some 50,000 people living in 10 Lombardy towns under quarantine, along with a raft of less draconian measures across the region.
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The resort, the H10 Costa Adeje Palace on the island of Tenerife, was not placed under quarantine, which involves separation of those who have been exposed to the virus, the authorities said.
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As a result, he said, people under quarantine may be left to ponder if governments are telling the truth, creating tension between the comfort of interpersonal communications and discomfort of official ones.
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MORE EVACUATIONS More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were flown to military bases in the United States, after two weeks under quarantine off Japan.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the 15th case of the new coronavirus in the U.S. on Thursday — an evacuee from China under quarantine at a military base in Texas.
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The rapidly spreading coronavirus has killed hundreds and sapped fuel demand in China, where thousands of flights have been canceled and the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, remains under quarantine.
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The entire state of Florida has been under quarantine since 2008,which was later extended through Georgia and other scattered areas of the country—and greening is still steadily killing off orange groves.
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The government has placed 34 farms in southeast Alberta and two farms in southwest Saskatchewan under quarantine, keeping thousands of head of cattle from being moved as it tests them for the disease.
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The farms have been placed under quarantine and movement of chickens and chicken products onto and off the farms have been stopped, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a statement.
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Amazon told ABC News that it terminated Smalls after he ignored multiple warnings to stay at home under quarantine after being in contact with a colleague who had tested positive for Covid-19.
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Bored users in countries impacted by the virus are logging daily life under quarantine and social distancing, holding "cloud raves" on the app to replace partying; spreading coronavirus memes, and sharing health advice.
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A pharmacist who works in a CVS in the Hudson Valley in New York said that in early March, a patient who was under quarantine orders for COVID-19 came into their store.
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The parliament also granted the army the right to help curb movement of people in large groups and allowed the authorities to use mobile operators' traffic data to track those put under quarantine.
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The parliament also granted the army the right to help curb movement of people in large groups and allowed the authorities to use mobile operators' traffic data to track those put under quarantine.
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Though the numbers are still low, Envision, which employs 11,000 emergency clinicians across the United States, has five times as many doctors under quarantine as it did a week ago, Dr. Brown said.
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Giada De Laurentiis is taking a page out of Tupac's book of lyrics -- saying while we're all under quarantine ... it's time to change the way we eat and change the way we live.
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Alice Nicoletta Richardson, a UK citizen who was in a Northern Italy region not under quarantine for a ski holiday, told Business Insider that her group decided to leave the country on Sunday.
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The bill would also ensure that the paid sick leave for a public health emergency can be used for a worker under quarantine or to take care of children if schools are closed.
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The patient sat in the crowded waiting area near the line of customers, and once she was at the counter, she admitted to the pharmacist that she was supposed to be under quarantine.
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"The first responders under quarantine had responded to calls for various medical complaints at the Life Care Center, one of which resulted in a patient being transferred to Evergreen Hospital," the statement says.
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DNCC officials did not respond to questions about what would happen if convention delegates become infected with the Covid-19 disease or are being held under quarantine at the time of the convention.
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A video captured a robot named Little Peanut delivering food to people under quarantine in China after being in contact with flight passengers who may be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, 2019-nCoV.
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At least 2.33 people have tested positive for the virus so far, as Japanese health authorities continue to examine hundreds of passengers and crew, who have been under quarantine for almost a week.
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In Westchester County, just north of the city, County Executive George Latimer told a news conference eight people were under quarantine for possible exposure to the virus, which was initially detected in China.
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Both patients had previously been under quarantine aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan, before being flown into the Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, and subsequently arriving in Napa.
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AMERICANS RETURN HOME More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were flown to military bases in the United States, after two weeks under quarantine off Japan.
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One of the most damaging came from an unlikely source: a 14-year-old Hong Kong boy, who announced online that the city would soon be placed under quarantine and designated an "infected port".
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Because in China, under our current measures, all close contact (patients) have been placed under quarantine and isolated medical observation, and will be sent to hospital for diagnosis and treatment once they develop symptoms.
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Since I am under quarantine, and my son is sick with a fever and cough, I contacted the coordinator, who in turn resent me the principal's original email, telling me to follow those instructions.
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Since I am under quarantine, and my son is sick with a fever and cough, I contacted the coordinator, who in turn resent me the principal's original email, telling me to follow those instructions.
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DoorDash workers in the U.S., Australia and Canada are eligible for up to two weeks of financial assistance if they get sick with COVID-19 or a public health agency places them under quarantine.
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Uber has announced it will compensate any drivers put under quarantine, and gig-economy workers have expressed their concerns about staying healthy during the outbreak, cutting down hours and scouring their vehicles with disinfectant.
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Around 650 people were identified to have been in contact with the priest and they were being tested for the virus, NBC said, adding 20 villages in the region have been placed under quarantine.
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By February 4, the remaining 3,193 passengers and crew of the luxury Diamond Princess ship — currently docked at the port city of Yokohama, Japan — were asked to stay on the ship under quarantine orders.
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The mayor of Moscow said the city is using facial recognition technology to monitor potentially infected patients who are under quarantine and ensure they do not leave their quarters, according to a Reuters report.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
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As people adapt to life under quarantine and preventative measures, ridesharing app DiDi Chuxing has taken some precautions of its own, and partially filled the void left under the quarantine and public transportation shutdown.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that in the first six weeks of coronavirus vetting for travelers at American airports, 17 travelers had been placed under quarantine at medical facilities.
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We spotted Oz Monday on the empty streets of NYC, where he told us what people under quarantine should do to pass the time and avoid depression -- a legitimate concern in the current global climate.
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In early March, a patient who had just been released from the hospital and was under quarantine orders came into a CVS store in New York's Hudson Valley, according to a pharmacist who works there.
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Italy has just introduced sweeping restrictions to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus, with 16 million people in the country's north effectively under quarantine, and schools, universities, museums, cinemas, and swimming pools all closed.
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How the Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus An illustrator in Beijing, Krish Raghav, is coping with the anxieties of life under quarantine by cooking — and by drawing about it very engagingly for The New Yorker.
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A boy in the SAR community is celebrating his bar-mitzvah on Saturday night and some of the children under quarantine, who will be free from restrictions about 12 hours later, would like to go.
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Right now, public health officials say there's little known risk of anyone in Northern California encountering someone with the new coronavirus in public in the first place, since the four confirmed cases are under quarantine.
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A military base in Rome has been housing evacuees from Wuhan, China, where the virus began, and the Italian passengers of the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that has been under quarantine in Yokohama, Japan.
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Well, if a global perspective helps make our domestic predicament seem less gloomy, tens of millions of people are under quarantine in China as the country struggles to come to grips with a deadly virus.
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The remaining American passengers stayed at Travis Air Force Base in California or Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, where they had landed and where they will remain under quarantine for an additional 14 days.
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The government has placed a dozen towns in the north under quarantine and closed down schools, museums and cinemas while other public events, including soccer matches, have been cancelled and the Venice Carnival cut short.
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Spanish officials have put 1,000 people staying at a plush hotel in the Canary Islands under quarantine after one of its guests tested positive to a preliminary check for the coronavirus, according to local media.
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CRUISE SHIPS Around half of all known cases of the virus outside China have been found aboard the Diamond Princess, which was ordered to stay under quarantine at the port of Yokohama on Feb. 3.
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Chan said he was instructed to walk around the corners of his house, upon arriving home, so the technology could precisely track the coordinates of his living space in which he would remain under quarantine.
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Workers at an Air Force Reserve base in California where a group of Americans are under quarantine after being evacuated from China say they are facing unnecessary harassment from the nearby public due to coronavirus fears.
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Tens of thousands of people in 11 towns are under quarantine in "red zones," with their loved ones outside forced to drop off cigarettes and care packages for them with authorities, who then deliver the goods.
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Paul Gosar — have all put themselves under quarantine after shaking hands during last month's Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, with a person who was subsequently hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease resulting from the coronavirus.
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At least 25 firefighters and two police officers who responded to the Life Care Center have now been placed under quarantine "out of an abundance of caution," according to a statement from the City of Kirkland.
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There's too little aid to state and local governments to forestall budget cuts, and no mandate for postal voting in the 2020 election to be sure it's conducted safely if the country is still under quarantine.
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Midge Cooke lives in a continuing care facility in Mechanicsville, Va. She writes: Over 80 residents are under quarantine — so far no one has tested positive, but no one has been tested that we know of.
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In Kirkland, 25 firefighters and two police officers that responded to calls at the facility have been placed under quarantine out of an abundance of caution, according to a statement on the city of Kirkland's website.
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WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, under quarantine since contact with a Brazilian official earlier this month, tested negative for coronavirus and will be back at work on Wednesday, the White House said.
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Earlier on Sunday, the government flew 243 Indonesians from China's Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus, and placed them under quarantine at a military base on the sparsely populated Natuna Besar island northwest of Borneo.
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Passengers on a flight from Singapore to Hangzhou, China, are being held under quarantine in a hotel after two of over 335 people on the plane were found with a fever, according to a Reuters report.
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Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter, Annabel, are among the dozens of Americans the government has flown back to the country from Wuhan, China, and put under quarantine to check for signs of coronavirus.
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Officials said that despite the early release of the patient, people under quarantine at the base would not need to restart the 14-day quarantine period, but those at the base remained skeptical, Mr. McGory said.
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SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
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When public defender Sophia Gurulé tried to visit her client in ICE detention in June, she was hit with a roadblock: His facility in Bergen County, New Jersey, was under quarantine due to a mumps outbreak.
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Ten people on a cruise liner under quarantine at the Japanese port of Yokohama tested positive for coronavirus, Japan's health minister said, a figure that could rise as medical screening of thousands of patients and crew continued.
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Since the virus hit in December, almost 403,000 wildlife farms across seven Chinese provinces have been shut down or put under quarantine, including breeders specializing in peacocks, foxes, deer and turtles, according to local government press releases.
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WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - A senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that in the first six weeks of coronavirus vetting for travelers at American airports, 17 travelers had been placed under quarantine at medical facilities.
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On Sunday, the Democratic leaders in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, called for a range of health measures, including paid sick leave for workers under quarantine or whose children were out of school because of coronavirus.
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Ben Kavanaugh&aposs first video about life under quarantine was posted by Channel 4 on YouTube on January 26 and shows him venturing out into the deserted city to stock up on provisions at a grocery store.
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The woman, who was among hundreds recently evacuated to the United States from China and under quarantine at a military base, was erroneously discharged from the hospital and sent back to the base because of the error.
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Trapped in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, the 3,600 people aboard the World Dream cruise liner have been under quarantine for three days after a number of passengers from a former voyage tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Italy said on Sunday it would evacuate citizens from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 2300 people from it were found to be infected with the virus.
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That's what happened with SARS — which has an R203 of 3.0, according to the World Health Organization, but an "effective" infectiousness of less than 1 under quarantine measures that only started five months into its 2002 outbreak.
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A couple under quarantine in Wuhan describe what it is like to be trapped in their home for more than 3 weeksEurope just had its 1st death from the coronavirus after a Chinese tourist died in France
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The World Health Organization has yet to declare the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak as a global health emergency after a Wednesday meeting, despite the entire city of Wuhan going under quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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Drones make a lot of sense when delivering things in an emergency to areas with unreliable road conditions, especially to places where people can't go — like regions that are under quarantine and in need of medical supplies.
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In July South Africa's agricultural department confirmed four outbreaks of bird flu, placing the farms under quarantine and stopping the movement of chickens and chicken products onto and off the farms in an effort to prevent it spreading.
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The GCO did not comment on the total number of people under lockdown in the industrial zone, the total number of migrant workers who have tested positive or the total number under quarantine and in how many locations.
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Poste said it had reopened four branches located in the towns under quarantine, adding its customers could also withdraw or deposit funds through an additional 1,000 ATMs it installed in towns in remote parts of the Italian territory.
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Often, he gives her a scratch in the mornings, but that day he could not visit any of the zoo's platypuses; he had already worked with the wild ones, which were under quarantine, which meant he was too.
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The Centers for Disease Control said Thursday that a person under quarantine at a military base in San Antonio had tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of confirmed coronavirus patients in the United States to 15.
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In an effort to contain the disease, Beijing put most of China under quarantine, which meant many factories had been shut for an extended period of time following the Lunar New Year break and workers stayed at home.
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The affected areas have been placed under quarantine and investigations were being carried out to trace the origin of the outbreaks and identify other farms that may be affected, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries ministry said in a statement.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Sunday it would evacuate citizens from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 355 people from it were found to be infected with the virus.
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As the Thai government celebrated the success of the mission and considered how they could use Mr. Musk's quickly assembled invention, the 12 boys and their soccer coach were recovering under quarantine in a hospital in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Italy's death toll from the virus passed 400 this week, as health officials have reportedly placed more than 16 million people under quarantine, according to the AP. The suspension of sporting events in Italy comes as Indian Wells, Calif.
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DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Guests at two Abu Dhabi hotels who interacted with two Italians diagnosed with coronavirus have been placed under quarantine in the hotels, the state news agency of the United Arab Emirates WAM reported on Friday.
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The ship, the Diamond Princess, was placed under quarantine at the city of Yokohama early last week with about 2813,700 passengers and crew members aboard, after a man who had disembarked in Hong Kong tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Chinese authorities first warned people to stop traveling in and out of Wuhan, and then said they would put the city under quarantine beginning January 23, suspending public transport within Wuhan, and canceling flights and trains leaving the city.
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Now, he is one of around 50,000 people whose lives are on hold after they were placed under quarantine as Italy tries to contain Europe's worst outbreak of coronavirus that flared up in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto.
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The ship, the Diamond Princess, was placed under quarantine at the city of Yokohama early last week with about 2813,700 passengers and crew members aboard, after a man who had disembarked in Hong Kong tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The government has placed around a dozen towns in the north under quarantine with the wealthy regions of Lombardy and Veneto — where the cities of Milan and Venice are located respectively — the focus of the rise in coronavirus cases.
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The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that the team has placed right-handed pitcher Chih-Jung Liu under quarantine in his room at a Florida hotel, though he has apparently left the room for some weight training and other exercises.
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The impact on global trade and travel was felt from Beijing to Seattle — where a U.S. traveler was under quarantine with the virus in a Snohomish County, Washington hospital after flying back from Wuhan, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
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Roughly 500 people left a cruise ship docked under quarantine in Japan on Wednesday after tests indicated that they had not contracted a new form of coronavirus that has sickened thousands in China and hundreds on board the vessel.
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One recently returned resident Chan said he was instructed to walk around the corners of his house, upon arriving home, so the technology could precisely track the coordinates of his living space in which he would remain under quarantine.
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The virus has spread from its origin point in Wuhan, central China, to 28 other countries, sparking the country's response of putting 16 cities under quarantine, halting transportation, and cutting off nearly 50 million people to try and quell the outbreak.
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All 1,800 crew aboard the World Dream cruise liner, which has been under quarantine in Hong Kong for the past four days, have tested negative for the coronavirus, which medical authorities say means that the passengers are safe to leave.
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China has already put the industrial city of Wuhan, a hub of 220006 million people, under quarantine, and extended the Lunar New Year holiday, which sees millions of Chinese traveling, by a week to keep people from congregating in public places.
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Those passengers will also be held under quarantine at four different military bases across the U.S.: Camp Ashland in Nebraska; Travis Air Force Base in California; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa ports authority said on Thursday that tests have come back negative for those onboard a cruise liner and cargo vessel which had been held under quarantine off Cape Town's port limits due to a suspected coronavirus outbreak.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa ports authority said on Thursday that tests have come back negative for those onboard a cruise liner and cargo vessel which had been held under quarantine off Cape Town's port limits due to a suspected coronavirus outbreak.
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At the peak of its epidemic, South Korea rigorously tested people for the virus, isolated suspected cases, monitored people under quarantine to ensure they did not step out into public places, and provided regular updates about the situation within its borders.
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Don Beyer to self-quarantine after contact with friend who tested positive for coronavirus MORE (R-Texas) also said on Sunday that he would be placing himself under quarantine this week after coming into contact with the infected conference attendee.
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As the country struggles with the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe, some of the residents of the 11 small towns placed under quarantine between the Lombardy and Veneto regions are so bored that they can't stay behind closed doors anymore.
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At least one man, who declined to be identified by name, said he had questions about whether enough people were being tested, whether common areas were being disinfected and whether health officials were being transparent enough with those under quarantine.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it would evacuate Koreans from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 355 people from it were found to be infected with the virus.
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ROME, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Italy said on Sunday it would evacuate citizens from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 355 people from it were found to be infected with the virus.
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They alerted the W.H.O. within a month of detecting the first coronavirus cases and moved quickly to sequence the new virus and to contain it: Some 56 million people, including the entire city of Wuhan, have been placed under quarantine.
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"When cities are placed under quarantine, and public transit is shut down, by definition that reduces economic activity and has a negative impact on energy demand, oil included," Raymond James analyst John Freeman said in a note to clients Friday.
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"The affected areas have been placed under quarantine and the provincial veterinary services are applying the necessary disease control measures," the ministry said in a statement, adding it was investigating the source of the disease and what other farms could be affected.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States will send an aircraft to Japan to bring back U.S. passengers on the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship under quarantine in Japan, on board which the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred, the U.S. embassy said.
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There's also no conclusive evidence yet that people can transmit the novel coronavirus before symptoms appear (Barnard said that none of the students under quarantine there have the common symptoms of the new virus, which include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.)
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While Sierra Leone saw its latest flare-up on March 17, Guinea was hit with an Ebola cluster in the village of Korokpara this month that has since resulted in at least five deaths and more than 800 people put under quarantine.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has put a patch of banana crops in the north of the country under quarantine on suspicion they are infested with a fungus that is seen as potentially devastating to the country's banana exports, the agriculture minister said on Sunday.
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New York State officials established a "containment zone" on Tuesday in a suburb with one of the country's largest outbreaks, closing schools, community centers and houses of worship and deploying National Guard troops to decontaminate schools and deliver meals to people under quarantine.
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Some of the first queens to do so under quarantine, if not the first, were Wig star Charlene Incarnate and Tyler Ashley, the Dauphine of Bushwick, who live-streamed their monthly DUMBO drag brunch Baby Tea from their Brooklyn rooftop on Saturday afternoon.
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In Michigan, where the number of cases skyrocketed to nearly 230,2000 from fewer than 221 a week ago, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said 221 police officers are under quarantine while the police chief and 21 police officers have tested positive for the virus.
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One veteran from Denver was under quarantine at home, another veteran from Maine was also under home quarantine, one veteran was under care at a VA hospital in California, and another two in Nevada were also being treated at a VA hospital.
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Yet on the eve of the National Guard's arrival, as upward of 303,000 people in the city were under quarantine at home and nearby synagogues canceled holiday celebrations, some residents expressed confusion and disappointment in government plans they deemed more performative than substantive.
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Because the man initially withheld information about his travels to Japan, 30 hospital workers in Bangkok who were exposed to him are now under quarantine themselves, the Ministry of Public Health said, burdening a medical system that could soon be fielding more cases.
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READ: Here's how China Is silencing coronavirus critics in the U.S. In response, Italian authorities have placed 20203 northern towns under quarantine, including Codogno, the Lombardy town that the local press has dubbed "the Wuhan of Italy," where the local outbreak began.
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SEOUL, Feb 16 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it would evacuate Koreans from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama, after 355 people from it were found to be infected with the virus.
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CRUISE SHIPS Outside China, around half of all known cases of the virus have been found aboard the Diamond Princess, where around 0003 people have tested positive since the cruise liner was ordered to stay under quarantine off Japan on Feb. 3.
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The coronavirus could cripple China's economy for longer than Wall Street wants to believeA couple under quarantine in Wuhan describe what it is like to be trapped in their home for more than 3 weeksMen represent the majority of coronavirus cases so far.
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Many passengers appear to be trying to put a bright face on things, flooding social media with photos of food, a young boy and his father snuggling in bed, and shipboard TV broadcasts of a magician - also under quarantine - performing tricks with red silk scarves.
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BOGOTA, July 14 (Reuters) - Colombia has put a patch of banana crops in the north of the country under quarantine on suspicion they are infested with a fungus that is seen as potentially devastating to the country's banana exports, the agriculture minister said on Sunday.
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Take Italy, with the whole nation under quarantine: it lacks the extreme powers of China to contain and control the population, and is already the poorest of the G7, the group of leading world economies, and could face challenges to stay at the top table.
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Authorities have identified as the epicentre of the contagion a cluster of towns located near Lodi, some 60 km (40 miles) southeast of Milan, as well as a smaller zone in neighbouring Veneto where a total of 50,000 inhabitants have been placed under quarantine.
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More than 6953 students and staff members at two California universities were under quarantine on Friday — an increase of about 400 from the day before — as officials continued steps to curb the potential spread of measles after an outbreak was declared in Los Angeles County.
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Many schools and workplaces are closed, large gatherings are banned, and more than half of the country's population is under quarantine, but children in Wuhan showed that kids will always figure out a way to get out of school, the London Review of Books reported.
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Authorities have identified as the epicenter of the contagion a cluster of towns located near Lodi, some 60 km (40 miles) southeast of Milan, as well as a smaller zone in neighboring Veneto where a total of 50,000 inhabitants have been placed under quarantine.
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Efforts include providing hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies at no cost, instituting contact-less delivery, establishing relief funds for impacted workers and providing two weeks of partial pay to workers who are diagnosed with coronavirus or are put under quarantine by a public health authority.
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On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States said a person under quarantine at a military base in San Antonio had tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the United States to 15.
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TOKYO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The United States will send an aircraft to Japan to bring back U.S. passengers on the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship under quarantine in Japan, on board which the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred, the U.S. embassy said.
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Authorities have identified as the epicenter of the contagion a cluster of towns located near Lodi, some 60 km (40 miles) southeast of Milan, as well as a smaller zone in neighboring Veneto where a total of 50,000 inhabitants have been placed under quarantine.
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In an effort to slow the spread of infection, the Italian government on Monday announced an extraordinary measure for a Western democracy — one that hasn't been tried in modern times at the country level: The entire peninsula was put under quarantine orders until at least April 3.
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Michelle, 36, small city in the middle of a whole lot of corn in the Midwest I'm an ER resident doctor and mom to a 103-month-old baby, currently under quarantine because a patient I admitted was later found to be positive for COVID-19.
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Tyrone Covington, president of Union Local 3148, which represents guards and staff at the MCC, told VICE that 10 prisoners at the jail were under quarantine due to potential exposure to the inmate who tested positive at the MDC in Brooklyn while in a shared holding area.
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During his remarks, Trump also suggested that the severity of New York's Covid-19 outbreak could lead him to place the state — along with its neighbors New Jersey and Connecticut — under quarantine, something that, as Vox's Ian Millhiser has explained, is within the federal government's power.
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In the United States alone, thousands of people who had been at risk of exposure to the virus were under quarantine — most often voluntary — and federal officials issued new warnings about the potential spread of the disease, including the possibility that schools could be forced to close.
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But when I last saw her, just two weeks ago, as China was under quarantine because of a mysterious coronavirus that turned into an epidemic, what used to feel like a personal quirk took on a graver warning: Absolutely, definitely, don't even try it, No hug.
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The official, Dr. Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, the top public health doctor for Thailand's northern region, told reporters on Wednesday that while some tests were still pending, all of the boys and their 25-year-old coach were recovering swiftly under quarantine in a hospital in the city of Chiang Rai.
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What to watch out forWhile being under quarantine — or close to it — is a good time to focus on your travel rewards strategy, you shouldn't necessarily turn to credit cards right now if you're struggling with earning an income or you have the potential to rack up considerable debt.
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And they do not live under quarantine: jails experience a daily influx of correctional staff, vendors, health care workers, educators and visitors — all of whom carry viral conditions at the prison back to their homes and communities and return the next day packing the germs from back home.
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SHANGHAI — It's been two weeks since Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in central China, was placed under quarantine, and my husband and I have confined ourselves to our apartment building in Shanghai, more than 500 miles away, for the same number of days, as requested by authorities.
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Mologic said it received a £1 million (about $1.3 million USD) from the fund to make a rapid test kit that works without electricity and does not need a laboratory analysis to give results for coronavirus, paving the way for health workers to detect cases and place people under quarantine quickly.
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The company will have to hope that Disney+, its on-demand streaming service, will pick up millions of new subscribers with parents and kids stuck at home under quarantine, to blunt the impending loss of revenue in what will almost certainly be a rough first and second quarter of 2020.
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SAN FIORANO, Italy (Reuters) - Teenagers with bottles of beer in their hands listen to loud music on a patchy lawn as a train speeds by the northern Italian town of San Fiorano, in a "red zone" - one of the areas placed under quarantine at the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak.
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The certifications, he said, have ranged from small-bore attestations that, for instance, a Chinese company was unable to send a representative to Argentina because the executive was under quarantine to verification that a medical supply company could not fulfill its contract because the Chinese government requisitioned its factory for domestic production.
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British citizens who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship — which had nearly 700 passengers with coronavirus infections and recorded its fourth death from the virus on Tuesday — have complained of cold food, faulty appliances, and staff shortages while under quarantine at the Arrowe Park hospital in England, The Times of London reported.
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"I would also like to take this opportunity to personally thank all of you for the outpouring of love from literally around the world and in particular members of my community who in their own way, many but not all of whom are under quarantine, are living this surreal life with us," she wrote.
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Contagion: Demonstrating how the virus can spread quickly in confined places, a ski chalet in France has been a hot spot for infections along with an apartment complex in Hong Kong, a department store in the Chinese city of Tianjin, and a cruise ship in Japan whose passengers are struggling for answers under quarantine.
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I have no doubt stories like mine happen all the time — someone gets sick while vacationing on a cruise ship, they're put under quarantine until they get better out of concern for the rest of the ship's passengers — and I'm lucky my situation was nowhere close to what's happening as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
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Scientists from the Wuhan Institute for Virology — located in China's epicenter of the outbreak, now under quarantine — published a paper Thursday that confirmed the fast-spreading virus is in the same family as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus that hit Asia in 2003 and killed almost 800 people, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
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That's the strange position actress Amber Heard and her husband, Johnny Depp, found themselves in after a controversy that stemmed from Heard bringing a pair of dogs via a private jet to Australia last year without declaring them to authorities or putting them under quarantine—a big no-no as the country is serious about making sure foreign pests and pathogens stay outside its borders.
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Other cities eschewed these policies in favor of mandatory isolation and quarantine procedures: "Typically, individuals diagnosed with influenza were isolated in hospitals or makeshift facilities, while those suspected to have contact with an ill person (but who were not yet ill themselves) were quarantined in their homes with an official placard declaring that location to be under quarantine," the JAMA authors write, detailing New York City's approach.
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"As the national guard is deployed, the purpose is to deal with people who are going to be inside their homes under quarantine, make sure they do get food, medicine, things that will keep them from having to go outside the house under emergency circumstances and they're also going to help, I think very effectively, in cleaning up all of the different public spaces that are there," he said.
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But as coronavirus continues to sweep the planet, placing 29 million people in Italy under quarantine, instigating a state of emergency in NYC, and festering on a cruise ship set to dock in California, and the only major recommendation being offered by WHO and the CDC is to wash hands as much as possible, the internet has come to the rescue the best way it knows how: with handwashing memes.
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Millions worldwide are under quarantine; toilet paper is being bought (sometimes by mistake) by the case-load; a shortage of hand sanitizer is causing out-of-control price gouging, with New York State putting prisoners to work to make the germ-killing goop; paranoia is causing racist ideas about Asian-Americans to spread; and grocery store shelves are being depleted of Top Ramen, tuna, and anything else shelf-stable enough to make it through our self-isolation periods.
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The deadly virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has so far sickened more than 28,000 people in 26 countries around the globe, and killed at least 565 people (with just two deaths reported so far outside mainland China.) Because the coronavirus is chiefly transmitted through respiratory droplets, which get passed around in an infected person's spit and mucus, China has placed around 56 million people under quarantine, hoping that keeping people home, and having them wear masks when they go outside, will help prevent more virus spread.
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