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Quarantine

/kwˈɔrəˌntin/
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(noun) A period of 40 days, particularly

There is a 21-day quarantine for people suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus.
The contagious persons were placed in quarantine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
All travelers arriving from the affected region were required to ____ for fourteen days on arrival.

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