cordon sanitaire

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07:55 Feb 14, 2021
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
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English term or phrase: cordon sanitaire
Definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
(n.) A protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as a pandemic). Borrowed from French, it is also referred to as "sanitary cordon" in certain areas.

Example sentence(s):
  • But while the waters of the lagoon were a corridor for the passage of an epidemic, they were also a natural cordon sanitaire that facilitated an efficient quarantine system as a bulwark against the disease for the rest of Italy. TIME
  • In addition to a cordon sanitaire, which halted travel into or out of the affected areas, the lockdown prohibited the sixteen million people living inside the so-called zone rosse from any movement that was not required for work, health, or other “necessary” reasons. The New Yorker
  • The first thing is the strong-arm methods introduced by the Chinese on January 23rd, when they introduced cordon sanitaire, which is a wholesale quarantine by cordoning off with soldiers and policemen whole geographical areas and communities. The New Yorker
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5 +1sanitarni kordon (zdravstveni pojas)
Elio Verbanac


  

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sanitarni kordon (zdravstveni pojas)


Definition from Enciklopedija.hr:
Sanitarni kordon (zdravstveni zaporni pojas) tvorile su straže i sanitarne inspekcije na graničnim prijelazima, u lukama, na prilazima gradovima itd., koje su obavljale zdravstv. pregled, osiguravale karantenu ili zaustavljale putnički promet kako bi spriječile širenje zaraznih bolesti.

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  • Cordon sanitaire (hrv. zdravstveni pojas) izvorno označava zaštitnie mjere za obuzdavanje zaraza. - Wikipedia  
Elio Verbanac
Croatia
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