Across
- 5. an official order or commission to do something.
- 6. the insertion of a tube into a patient's body, especially that of an artificial ventilation tube into the trachea.
- 8. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.
- 11. a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together.
- 13. a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed.
- 15. the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.
- 16. a machine or device used medically to support or replace the breathing of a person who is ill, injured, or anesthetized.
- 18. a state or period in which movement within or access to an area is restricted in the interests of public safety or health.
Down
- 1. the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
- 2. a person affected by a condition but producing or showing no symptoms of it.
- 3. the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome
- 4. (of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact.
- 7. an apparatus worn over the mouth and nose or the entire face to prevent the inhalation of dust, smoke, or other noxious substances.
- 9. outbreak beginning in 2020
- 10. a covering worn over the mouth and nose in order to reduce the transmission of infectious agents, or to prevent the inhalation of pollutants and other harmful substances.
- 12. a substance used to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen, typically prepared from an inactivated or weakened form of the causative agent or from its constituents or products.
- 14. turn (a patient) so as to lie face down for a period of time in order to improve the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs during mechanical ventilation.
- 17. the process of incubating eggs, cells, bacteria, a disease, etc.