containment

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14:55 Apr 15, 2020
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COVID-19 - Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc., Journalism
English term or phrase: containment
Definition from Free Medical Dictionary:
The confining or prevention of further dissemination of a potentially hazardous agent. In the context of a viral pandemic, containment is the effort by a community to determine who is infected and isolate them in order to contain the threat while keeping the healthy population separated.

Example sentence(s):
  • The containment strategy would contain the disease within a defined geographic area by early detection. India Times
  • Delhi's Moti Bagh 'containment zone' is fully cut off, except telephonically. Hindustan Times
  • The cluster containment protocol says that all entry and exit gates shall be closed except one. Deccan Herald
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5遏制
Liu Peng
5封锁;围堵
Stephanie Tsang


  

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遏制


Definition from own experience or research:
限制或防止潜在危险物质进一步传播。在病毒大流行病的背景下,遏制是社区努力识别感染者并加以隔离,从而遏制疫情,保证健康人群不受感染。

Example sentence(s):
  • 及时发现和报告新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎病例(疑似病例和确诊病例)、感染者(轻症病例和无症状感染者),了解疾病特征与暴露史,规范密切接触者管理,指导公众和特定人群做好个人防护,严格特定场所的消毒,有效遏制社区扩散和蔓延,减少新型冠状病毒感染对公众健康造成的危害。 - Chinese Government  
Liu Peng
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Yes  Mina Chen
10 days

No  Stephanie Tsang: In the context of virus pandemic, containment refers to a specific strategy. Generally translating it into”遏制” can not express this meaning accurately and it is also not applicable to the English example sentences above.
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封锁;围堵


Definition from own experience or research:
封锁:指(用强制力量)使跟外界联系断绝。
围堵:从四面包围截堵。

Example sentence(s):
  • 这是阿联酋首个疫情封锁区,也是迪拜的疫情爆发重地。 - zhihu  
  • 面对疫情转变,我们会在原有的「围堵」策略之上再进一步,将焦点由本地个案监察和治疗,转移到加强输入个案的堵截,包括加强检测和提升隔离病房接收病人的能力。 - 香港医管局  

Explanation:
不同情况下采取的翻译不一样。如来自India Times的例子中的containment strategy,应译为“围堵策略”;而Hindustan例子中的containment zone,译为“围堵区”则不合适,此时则应译为“封锁区”。
Stephanie Tsang
Hong Kong
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Chinese
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