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containment

Spanish translation: contención

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English term or phrase:containment
Spanish translation:contención
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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14:54 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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contención
Definition:
Contener: reprimir, sujetar.
Contención: acción y efecto de contener.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
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3 +11contención
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro


  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +11
contención


Definition from DLE:
Contener: reprimir, sujetar.
Contención: acción y efecto de contener.

Example sentence(s):
  • Este artículo lo puede ver en este link: https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/la-estrategia-de-contencion-puede-evitar-que-el-coronavirus-infecte-millones-de-personas-202031718341 - El Observador  
  • Grecia impone medidas de contención más severas en las islas de Miconos y Santorini por el coronavirus - Europa Press  
  • Plan especial de contención para Málaga al acumular el 70% de los casos de coronavirus en la región Málaga se convierte en zona de contención especial frente al resto de Andalucía - Onda Cero  
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 552

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Yes  Victoria Frazier: Saludos, Bea!
  -> Saludos, Victoria y cuídate mucho - Bea
Yes  Mónica Algazi: Saludos desde aquí también, Bea. : )
1 hr
  -> Saludos Mónica - Bea
Yes  Chema Nieto Castañón: ;)
1 hr
  -> Saludos Chema - Bea
Yes  Cristina Gómez Villacastín
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Gracias Cristina - Bea
Yes  EllieMonteiro: Perfecto.
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Elie - Bea
Yes  Nathalie Fernández
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Gracias Nathalie - Bea
Yes  Mariana Gutierrez
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Gracias Mariana - Bea
Yes  Maria Kisic
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Gracias María - Bea
Yes  Adriana Martinez
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Gracias Adriana - Bea
Yes  jecreel
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias - Bea
Yes  Itziar Crespo
6 days
  -> Muchas gracias Itziar- Bea
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