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English term

cordon sanitaire

COVID-19 GBK English to Spanish Medical Medical (general)
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 sentences:
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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cordón sanitario

Definition from DRAE:
1. m. Conjunto de elementos, medios, disposiciones, etc., que se organizan en algún lugar o país para detener la propagación de epidemias, plagas, etc.
Example sentences:
Cordones sanitarios La única forma de detener ideas repugnantes es que la gente las escuche, las razone, las compare, las pase por el filtro de su propia persona y, en definitiva, las rechace finalmente con convicción (eldiario.es)
Los partidos de Turingia pactan un "cordón sanitario" contra la ultraderecha tras los polémicos comicios (EuropaPress)
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agree Mónica Algazi
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agree Laura Bissio CT
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agree Chema Nieto Castañón : ? ¿De veras estas expresiones obvias precisan una entrada tan formal en el glosario? Perdona, Elisabet, que no va contigo. ¡Un saludo!
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agree Cecilia Gowar : ¡De acuerdo con Chema!
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Cordón sanitario

Definition from Cosnautas:
A raíz de la propagación del virus, se impuso un cordón sanitario que restringió la circulación en 16 ciudades de la provincia de Hubei y afecta a 50 millones de personas.
Example sentences:
Cordón sanitario europeo frente a la cepa mutante del coronavirus surgida en el Reino Unido (Youtube)
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