• Updated: 08/02/2021 The word 'quarantine' has probably never been more in our consciousness than right now. With countries around the world imposing self-isolation rules for arrivals, terms like 'lockdown', 'quarantine', and 'pandemic' becoming a major part of our daily vocabulary. But the word 'quarantine' dates back six hundred years to Italy when Venetians were grappling with another devastating disease - the bubonic plague. In the 1400s, ships, goods, and their crews arriving from the east were required to isolate before continuing their journey to the mainland. To protec...