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'''Quarantine''' ([[Italy|Italian]] ''quarantena'' "a forty day period") is the isolation of a person or animal who has a [[disease]] (or is suspected of having a disease) in order to prevent further spread of the disease.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#q</ref> It originates from the third codex of [[Mosaic Law]] :Leviticus 13:54: "Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more." [https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.html See also: CDC Quarantine and Isolation]
'''Quarantine''' ([[Italy|Italian]] ''quarantena'' "a forty day period") is the isolation of a person or animal who has a [[disease]] (or is suspected of having a disease) in order to prevent further spread of the disease.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#q</ref> It originates from the third codex of [[Mosaic Law]] :Leviticus 13:54: "Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more." [https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/historyquarantine.html See also: CDC Quarantine and Isolation]
== Diseases subject to Federal isolation and quarantine law ==
By Executive Order of the President
*[[Cholera]]
*[[Diphtheria]]
*[[Infectious tuberculosis]]
*[[Plague]]
*[[Smallpox]]
*[[Yellow fever]]
*[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]]s (like[[ Ebola]])
*Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ([[SARS]], [[MERS]], [[COVID-19]])
*[[Flu ]]]that can cause a pandemic
==See also==
==See also==