[CA] Isolation Vs Quarantine

The motive behind Isolation and Quarantine is similar. Both the practices are aimed at containing the spread of disease.

Isolation is a practice under which people who are sick or infected with contagious disease are kept away from healthy and uninfected people.

Quarantine is a practice that restricts the movement of people who may have come in contact with infected person or may have been exposed to contagious disease, but do not display any symptoms of the illness. The quarantine period reveals whether the individual become sick or not.

Quarantine	Isolation
Home confinement	Stay in a separate room
Stay maintaining distance from people (social distancing)	Procedure is majorly followed in hospitals and healthcare facilities
Restrictions on travel	Restrictions on movement inside and outside of an area may be a room
Restrictions on passage outside the quarantine area	Restriction on use of common household things such as drinking glasses, cups, dishes, utensils, clothes, towels, bedding, and others
Wearing a face mask is voluntary	Wearing a face mask is mandatory
Washing hands with soap or hand sanitizers	Washing hands with soap or hand sanitizers