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J Clin Nurs. 2020 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15290. [Epub ahead of print]
Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health.
Usher K[SUP]1[/SUP], Bhullar N[SUP]2[/SUP], Jackson D[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
Quarantine or physical isolation, used for centuries to contain the spread of infection, isolates those who have (or may have) been infected by a contagious disease to control or limit contamination. The COVID-19, a novel coronavirus first reported in Wuhan, China in late 2019, has rapidly spread across the globe becoming a pandemic. Modern quarantine strategies have been imposed globally in an attempt to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 infection including short- to medium-term lockdowns, voluntary home curfew, restriction on the assembly of groups of people, cancellation of planned social and public events, closure of mass transit systems, and other travel restrictions.
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PMID:32250493DOI:10.1111/jocn.15290
Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health.
Usher K[SUP]1[/SUP], Bhullar N[SUP]2[/SUP], Jackson D[SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Quarantine or physical isolation, used for centuries to contain the spread of infection, isolates those who have (or may have) been infected by a contagious disease to control or limit contamination. The COVID-19, a novel coronavirus first reported in Wuhan, China in late 2019, has rapidly spread across the globe becoming a pandemic. Modern quarantine strategies have been imposed globally in an attempt to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 infection including short- to medium-term lockdowns, voluntary home curfew, restriction on the assembly of groups of people, cancellation of planned social and public events, closure of mass transit systems, and other travel restrictions.
This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PMID:32250493DOI:10.1111/jocn.15290