AdvertisementThe virus as of Tuesday evening had infected more than 5,570 people on four continents after it was first detected late last year in Wuhan, China. China’s containment measures could theoretically prevent infected people from introducing the virus elsewhere in the country or world, experts say. In public health lingo, “quarantine” typically refers to confining people who have likely been infected with a virus. And the most important thing in public health is maintaining the public’s trust so they will cooperate with prevention measures, he added. Here, public health officials often refrain from using the word quarantine as to not stir backlash.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2020 23:51 UTC