Ring Vaccination (Noun)
Meaning
Administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Ring vaccination was used as an emergency measure to prevent the spread of Ebola in a remote village where the virus had broken out.
- The strategy of ring vaccination relies heavily on rapid identification and isolation of infected patients to be effective.
- In response to the smallpox outbreak, health workers employed ring vaccination to contain the disease by immunizing those in direct contact with the infected person.
- To control the Nipah virus outbreak, the government initiated a ring vaccination program targeting the communities surrounding the isolated patients.
- The use of ring vaccination has proven successful in halting the spread of diseases with high mortality rates, such as Ebola and smallpox.