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History of Quarantine

This is something we are into at this moment, however in our life back in the days even in 2019 and early 2020 we actually could not presume what we have ahead of us. But now here we are quarantined or this another word “caged”. Being into this pathetic loop of time I felt like searching on the matter that if ever in previous times human race had to face irony like what it is now. So I will pen down whatever I have found. The Middle Ages In the western world, the practice of quarantine seemingly was introduced in the 14th century to protect coastal cities from plague epidemics. Ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, in Italian words was called quaranta giorni which mean 40 days later became “quarantine”.   https://www.history.com/news/quarantine-black-death-medieval The 19 th Century Outbreaks of cholera really caused the need of getting into quarantine all over again. This terrib...