English term
cordon sanitaire
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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Proposed translations
cordon sanitaire
Le terme "cordon sanitaire" naît en France au 19e siècle lorsqu'en 1821 Paris envoie 30.000 soldats pour bloquer la frontière avec l'Espagne, afin d'empêcher la diffusion d'une épidémie de fièvre jaune. (Science et avenir)
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