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The purpose behind this chapter is to provide terminology of terms frequently used inter-changeably in the context of recent COVID-19 pandemic such as “Isolation, Quarantine and Social Distancing”. It discusses in detail what these terms mean, how they are different from each other and the overall goals and benefits of adopting these measures. It also discusses right time for initiating social distancing measures during an outbreak. Further, it throws light on approaches adopted by the countries while responding to the pandemic. The chapter goes further to discuss effectiveness of social distancing as an effective strategy for containing the spread of disease as well as impacts and challenges posed by such strategies adopted to limit the transmission of disease among people.
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Madan, A., Gupta, A.K. (2020). Understanding Public Health Interventions: Isolation, Quarantine, Social Distancing. In: Goyal, M.K., Gupta, A.K. (eds) Integrated Risk of Pandemic: Covid-19 Impacts, Resilience and Recommendations. Disaster Resilience and Green Growth. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7679-9_16
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