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Quarantine

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Disease Control

Quarantine can be a strategy to contain diseases, not a punishment.

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The doctors recommended quarantine to control the flu outbreak.
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Time-specific

Quarantine usually has a set time frame based on disease incubation.

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The quarantine lasts for 14 days, the incubation period of the virus.
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