containment

German translation: Eindämmung

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14:55 Apr 15, 2020
English to German translations [PRO]
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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German translation:Eindämmung
Definition:
Das Verhindern der Vergrößerung oder Ausbreitung von etwas
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Eindämmung


Definition from own experience or research:
Das Verhindern der Vergrößerung oder Ausbreitung von etwas

Example sentence(s):
  • Der Berliner Senat erließ die Verordnung über erforderliche Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Ausbreitung des neuartigen Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in Berlin (SARS-CoV-2-Eindämmungsmaßnahmenverordnung – SARS-CoV-2-EindmaßnV) vom 22. März 2020 (GVBl Bln S. 220, ber. S. 224). - Bundesverfassungsgericht (31.03.2020)  
Michael Pauls
Germany
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16

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Yes  Steffen Walter
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Yes  Birgit Spalt
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Yes  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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