Considerations for quarantine of individuals in the context of containment for coronavirus disease (COVID 19)

Pages
4pp
Date published
19 Mar 2020
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Comms, media & information, Epidemics & pandemics
Organisations
World Health Organization (WHO)

On 30 January 2020, the WHO Director-General determined that the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.1 As the outbreak continues to evolve, Member States are considering options to prevent introduction of the disease to new areas or to reduce human-to-human transmission in areas where the virus that causes COVID-19 is already circulating.