[Tagging] Quarantine areas.

[Peter Elderson]

How permanant are q-areas? In Nederland, Quarantine is more like a distributed pop-up thing. The appear with a loud pop, and disappear with a sad sizzle. In a few months, it's all history; next pandemic, all the wheels will be reinvented.

Peter Elderson

> Op 1 apr. 2021 om 10:48 heeft Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> On 1/4/21 6:48 pm, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> sent from a phone
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>>> On 1 Apr 2021, at 04:08, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I have just noticed a mapper has mapped a Covid Quarantine area
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>> can you explain in 1-2 sentences what a quarantine area is (rules)? I guess the exact provisions may vary quite a bit around the globe and might merit tagging in more detail the implications 
> Basic human quarantine is isolation until you are clear of any communicable disease. 
> For Covid usually isolated for 2 weeks with testing at the end to see if you are clear. 
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> Other communicable diseases: HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, viral hepatitis, Ebola ... 
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> In this instance people returning from overseas are placed in to 'quarantine' ... 
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> They may be well but may have been in contact with someone with COVID-19. 
> They are required to isolate in a designated facility (usually a hotel) from other people to prevent the spread of the virus. 
> The quarantine period is 14 days from when you may have been in contact with the virus.
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> In this instance the designated facility is a miners accommodation that is ideal for isolation as each 'unit' is fundamentally separate from the others - no recirculated air. 
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