2020: Quarantine & lockdown became household terms, grandma learned to make video calls
Lifestyle | January 04, 2021 16:55 ISTWhile terms like quarantine, sanitisation, containment zones or hotspots have been in use in medical or military parlance, they remained part of the esoteric vocabulary of experts or people working in the domain, such as security personnel at airports. However, with the unchecked spread of COVID-19, usage of these technical terms, particularly quarantine and sanitisation became fairly commonplace in 2020.