K-Quarantine

English

Etymology

From K- +‎ quarantine, a term introduced in 2020.

Noun

K-Quarantine (uncountable)

1. (South Korea, neologism) A term to describe the strategy used by Republic of Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the spread of the virus, including a quarantine system, outreach campaigns, testing, and contact tracing.
   • 2022 February 7, “COVID-19 epidemic under the K-quarantine model: Network approach”, in ScienceDirect‎^[1]:

     The Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has achieved great success in the early stage of the epidemic using the so-called K-quarantine measure, which enforces local quarantine around confirmed patients rather than implementing a global lockdown.