Meanings
nounK-Quarantine (uncountable)
- South KoreaneologismuncountableA term to describe the strategy used by Republic of Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the spread of the virus, including a quarantine system, outreach campaigns, testing, and contact tracing.
The Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has achieved great success in the early stage of the epidemic using the so-called K-quarantine measure, which enforces local quarantine around confirmed patients rather than implementing a global lockdown.
2022 February 7, “COVID-19 epidemic under the K-quarantine model: Network approach”, in ScienceDirect
Origin
From K- + quarantine, a term introduced in 2020.
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