self-isolate
Americanverb (used without object)
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Some of them will stay in quarantine facilities at the port, while others will self-isolate at home.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
They will remain in hospital for 72 hours to receive medical checks and regular testing, before being allowed to return home where they must self-isolate for a further 42 days.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
After taking the letters, the officer said he contacted Watkins by the in-cell phone and "advised that he should self-isolate in his own cell for the weekend".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Two people who returned to the UK from the ship have been advised to self-isolate, the UK Health Security Agency said, adding they were asymptomatic and insisting the risk to the public was "very low".
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
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