containment

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14:55 Apr 15, 2020
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COVID-19 - Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc., Journalism
English term or phrase: containment
Definition from Free Medical Dictionary:
The confining or prevention of further dissemination of a potentially hazardous agent. In the context of a viral pandemic, containment is the effort by a community to determine who is infected and isolate them in order to contain the threat while keeping the healthy population separated.

Example sentence(s):
  • The containment strategy would contain the disease within a defined geographic area by early detection. India Times
  • Delhi's Moti Bagh 'containment zone' is fully cut off, except telephonically. Hindustan Times
  • The cluster containment protocol says that all entry and exit gates shall be closed except one. Deccan Herald
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5 +1封じ込め
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封じ込め


Definition from Weblio辞書:
周りを封鎖して外部への流出・拡大・拡散を防ぐこと。および、そのための対策・施策。主に防疫の話題で用いられる語。

Example sentence(s):
  • 新型コロナウイルスの感染封じ込めが一進一退を繰り返している。 - 日本経済新聞  
  • テドロス事務局長は「初めて『パンデミック』と呼ぶコロナウイルスであると同時に初めて封じ込めができるケースにもなりうる」と述べ、感染を封じ込めることは可能だとして、感染者の発見や隔離、そして治療を進めるよう呼びかけました。 - NHK  

Explanation:
「抑え込み」という訳語もあり。
Shiho Fukuda Koski
United States
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4

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