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Police stand guard at an apartment building that's considered a coronavirus hot spot. Other state efforts involve using GPS data to keep track of people who've been ordered into home quarantine.

An Indian State Tells Quarantined Folks: 'A Selfie An Hour Will Keep The Police Away'

7:00am April 12, 2020

by Kamala Thiagarajan

In Karnataka, people under quarantine must take hourly selfies as proof of staying home. The government is also publishing addresses of the quarantined. Legal activists are raising privacy concerns.

Chart showing new cases in some Chinese provinces

Health & Safety

China Enters The Next Phase of Its COVID-19 Outbreak: Suppression

7:03pm April 03, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Researchers are looking at how China emerges from one of the largest lockdowns in human history — and whether the dropoff in new cases continues.

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A sign on the M8 motorway last week in Glasgow, Scotland.

Health & Safety

The Science Behind A 14-Day Quarantine After Possible COVID-19 Exposure

6:38pm April 01, 2020

What's behind the "14 days of self-quarantine" guidance after exposure to someone with COVID-19 or after travel from a place with a high number of cases? Think of yourself as a potential incubator.

Confirmed cases plotted on a logarithmic scale

How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down

5:43pm March 26, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

It's one of several places in Asia that did not use draconian lockdown strategies to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Bennett VanOudenallen's daughters found a new creative outlet while stuck at home: Coranaissance.

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What Some People Are Doing To Fill The Social Distancing Space

5:00am March 19, 2020

by Brooklyn Riepma

Social distancing is strongly encouraged as the coronavirus spreads throughout the U.S., but many are making the best out of staying home.

A man walks along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, the city in China where the novel coronavirus was first identified.

Health & Safety

Life In Lockdown: From Shock To Panic To ... Acceptance

1:12pm March 18, 2020

In Wuhan, China, most of the millions of people on lockdown have not gotten sick from COVID-19. But worries and isolation can affect their mental health.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, seen last week, defended round-the-clock surveillance of a man who allegedly tested positive for coronavirus and wouldn't self-isolate.

Health & Safety

Self-Isolation Orders Pit Civil Liberties Against Public Good In Coronavirus Pandemic

5:44pm March 17, 2020

by David Welna

Sweeping new stay-at-home orders issued in the San Francisco Bay area have legal experts worried about constitutional infringements in coronavirus response.

Depending on your health status, you may need to isolate, self-quarantine or simply practice social distancing. All these measures slow community transmission of the coronavirus.

Health & Safety

Self-Quarantine? Isolation? Social Distancing? What They Mean And When To Do Them

5:28pm March 16, 2020

by Julie Appleby

If someone tells you, "I'd love to go to dinner, but I'm socially distancing," don't be offended. It's likely they are trying to do their part for public health.

Sacramento County includes the University of California, Davis Medical Center, which housed the first U.S. case of a patient getting the new coronavirus through community spread.

Coronavirus: Sacramento County Gives Up On Automatic 14-Day Quarantines

3:03pm March 10, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The California county includes the hospital that treated the first known U.S. case of community spread of COVID-19, which went undiagnosed for days because of problems with the U.S. testing program.

Israel has announced a blanket quarantine policy for anyone entering the country; the policy will be in effect for two weeks. Here, empty airline check-in counters are seen at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv.

Coronavirus: Israel Will Require Quarantine For Everyone Entering The Country

5:50pm March 09, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the decision was a difficult one. Israel has reported nearly 40 cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.