QUARANTINE & ISOLATION
QUARANTINE & ISOLATION
What is the difference between quarantine and isolation?
What is the difference between quarantine and isolation?
Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.
Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.
The difference explained
The difference explained
Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.
Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms.