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Dutch translation: Indammen (containment)

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14:55 Apr 15, 2020
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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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Dutch translation:Indammen (containment)
Definition:
"1. Indammen (containment)
Maatregelen in deze fase zijn erop gericht om verdere verspreiding van het virus zoveel mogelijk in te dammen."
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Annemarie Avezaat
Netherlands
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Indammen (containment)


Definition from Kamerbrief over COVID-19:
"1. Indammen (containment)
Maatregelen in deze fase zijn erop gericht om verdere verspreiding van het virus zoveel mogelijk in te dammen."

Example sentence(s):
  • "Vooral de WHO houdt dat in de gaten. Als er ook op andere plekken zoiets gebeurt als in Italië, zal men op een gegeven moment zeggen dat we de fase van containment, van beheersing van de ziekte, moeten laten overgaan in een andere fase" - de Volkskrant  
  • "Het is essentieel dat we het virus weten in te dammen; containment, zoals de World Health Organization dat noemt." - Plenair verslag  
  • "Weten of je een corona-infectie hebt, kan om die reden bijdragen aan het indammen van de verspreiding." - Trouw  
Annemarie Avezaat
Netherlands
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Barend van Zadelhoff: NTvG https://tinyurl.com/rzwjhol Welke maatregelen zijn er om de epidemie in te dammen? In de eerste fase (de containment-fase) zijn de maatregelen gericht op het snel indammen van de epidemie waar mogelijk.
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Yes  Erik van Vliet
10 days
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