78-883: Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Supply . USS Supply (1846) , a sailing ship purchased in 1846 for service in the Mexican–American War which later served in the American Civil War. USS Supply (1872) , an iron steamer purchased by the Navy in 1898 which served in the Spanish–American War and the First World War. USS Supply (AVS-1) , an aviation supply ship, built in 1921, acquired by
156-427: A Border Services Officer . If the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the traveller is or might have been infected with a communicable disease or refused to provide answers, a quarantine officer (QO) must be called and the person is to be isolated. If a person refuses to be isolated, any peace officer may arrest without warrant. A QO who has reasonable grounds to believe that the traveller has or might have
234-687: A United States Army Camel Corps in the desert west of the Rocky Mountains . Supply , commanded by Lieutenant David Dixon Porter – who later would win fame in the American Civil War – departed New York on 4 June 1855 and headed for the Mediterranean to obtain the camels . The ship reached Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire on 30 January 1856, loaded 21 (some reports say 31) camels, and sailed on 15 February 1856 for
312-749: A decontamination shower. For example, an article entitled "Daily News workers quarantined" describes a brief quarantine that lasted until people could be showered in a decontamination tent. The February–March 2003 issue of HazMat Magazine suggests that people be "locked in a room until proper decon could be performed", in the event of "suspect anthrax". Standard-Times senior correspondent Steve Urbon (14 February 2003) describes such temporary quarantine powers: Civil rights activists in some cases have objected to people being rounded up, stripped and showered against their will. But Capt. Chmiel said local health authorities have "certain powers to quarantine people". The purpose of such quarantine-for-decontamination
390-625: A typhoid fever carrier who was arrested and quarantined in 1907 and later spent the last 23 years and 7 months of her life in medical isolation at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island . Guidance on when and how human rights can be restricted to prevent the spread of infectious disease is found in the Siracusa Principles , a non-binding document developed by the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and adopted by
468-680: A "Rapid Review" published in The Lancet in response to the COVID-19 pandemic , "Stressors included longer quarantine duration, infection fears, frustration, boredom, inadequate supplies, inadequate information, financial loss, and stigma. Some researchers have suggested long-lasting effects. In situations where quarantine is deemed necessary, officials should quarantine individuals for no longer than required, provide clear rationale for quarantine and information about protocols, and ensure sufficient supplies are provided. Appeals to altruism by reminding
546-516: A communicable disease are isolated from the healthy population. The concept of quarantine has been known since biblical times, and is known to have been practised through history in various places. Notable quarantines in modern history include the village of Eyam in 1665 during the bubonic plague outbreak in England; East Samoa during the 1918 flu pandemic ; the Diphtheria outbreak during
624-726: A complete rewrite in 2005. The second and third legislations are enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency . If a health emergency exists, the Governor in Council can prohibit importation of anything that it deems necessary under the Quarantine Act . Under the Quarantine Act , all travellers must submit to screening and if they believe they might have come into contact with communicable diseases or vectors , they must disclose their whereabouts to
702-489: A defined geographic area, such as a community, in order to prevent an infection from spreading. An early mention of isolation occurs in the Biblical book of Leviticus , written in the 7th century BC or perhaps earlier, which describes the procedure for separating out people infected with the skin disease Tzaraath . The medical nature of this isolation is, however, disputed. As traditional exegesis (dated 700 CE) sees it as
780-455: A doctor and a disinfecting stove, have a right to navigate the Canal in quarantine and subject only to the landing of those who have plague. In the 20th and 21st centuries, people suspected of carrying infectious diseases have been quarantined, as in the cases of Andrew Speaker (multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, 2007) and Kaci Hickox (Ebola, 2014). During the 1957–58 influenza pandemic and
858-610: A facility under lockdown. Biosecurity in Australia is governed by the Biosecurity Act 2015 . The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) is responsible for border inspection of products brought into Australia, and assesses the risks the products might harm Australian environment. No person, goods, and vessels are permitted into Australia without clearance from DAFF. Visitors are required to fill in
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#1732773062257936-411: A geographic quarantine measure to control the movement of people into and out of affected communities. During the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities instituted protective sequestration (sometimes referred to as "reverse quarantine") to keep the infected from introducing influenza into healthy populations. Additionally, the nature of the influenza virus that caused the 1918 pandemic gave rise to
1014-472: A plague outbreak to remain in place, and advised healthy individuals to avoid traveling there. The Persian Muslim polymath Avicenna argued for controlling "the spread of diseases" in his medical encyclopedia The Canon [Al-Qanun] of Medicine, published in 1025. He also recommended quarantine for patients with infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis . Since the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire has isolated travellers coming from epidemic areas during
1092-485: A public awareness of the dichotomy between "crowd" and "home" diseases. Simply quarantining the sick in isolation was ineffective in halting the spread of the disease, and new quarantine standards that extended regulations to public spaces became increasingly more common. Most Western countries implemented a range of containment strategies, including isolation, surveillance, and the closure of schools, churches, theatres, and public events. People were prevented from entering
1170-518: A punishment for trespassing one of several negative commandment, most notably Evil Speech . A more recent hypothesis postulates that the infected are required to isolate themselves in order to prevent spread of disease (although the Bible does not imply contagiousness of Tzaraath ): Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, "Unclean! Unclean!" As long as they have
1248-505: A specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Supply&oldid=1062288984 " Categories : Set index articles on ships United States Navy ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles USS Supply (1846) The first USS Supply
1326-407: Is a restriction on the movement of people , animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests . It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease , yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis . It is distinct from medical isolation , in which those confirmed to be infected with
1404-626: Is especially important because of its proximity to South-East Asia and the Pacific, which have many pests and diseases not present in Australia. For this reason, the region from Cairns to Broome—including the Torres Strait —is the focus for quarantine activities that protect all Australians. As Australia has been geographically isolated from other major continents for millions of years, there is an endemically unique ecosystem free of several severe pests and diseases that are present in many parts of
1482-441: Is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests ". The word is also used as a verb. Quarantine is distinct from medical isolation , in which those confirmed to be infected with a communicable disease are isolated from the healthy population. Quarantine may be used interchangeably with cordon sanitaire , and although the terms are related, cordon sanitaire refers to the restriction of movement of people into or out of
1560-489: Is to prevent the spread of contamination and to contain the contamination such that others are not put at risk from a person fleeing a scene where contamination is suspect. It can also be used to limit exposure, as well as eliminate a vector . New developments for quarantine include new concepts in quarantine vehicles such as the ambulance bus , mobile hospitals, and lockdown/invacuation (inverse evacuation) procedures, as well as docking stations for an ambulance bus to dock to
1638-541: The 1925 serum run to Nome , the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak , the SARS pandemic, the Ebola pandemic and extensive quarantines applied throughout the world during the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020. Ethical and practical considerations need to be considered when applying quarantine to people. Practice differs from country to country; in some countries, quarantine is just one of many measures governed by legislation relating to
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#17327730622571716-729: The 1968 flu pandemic , several countries implemented measures to control spread of the disease. In addition, the World Health Organization applied a global influenza surveillance network. During the 1994 plague in India , many people were quarantined. Vessels and aircraft carrying passengers were fumigated. In the SARS epidemic , thousands of Chinese people were quarantined and checkpoints to take temperatures were set up. Moving infected patients to isolation wards and home-based self-quarantine of people potentially exposed
1794-807: The Ashanti Empire at border checkpoints if they exhibited symptoms of smallpox. Those who discovered symptoms of the disease after entering Ashanti were quarantined in remote villages. In the 1830s, both the Ottoman Empire and Egypt established new quarantine systems. In 1831, Mehmet Ali of Egypt founded the Quarantine Board in Alexandria. In 1838, the Ottoman government installed the Supreme Council of Health, including
1872-590: The Black Death plague. The quarantena followed the trentino , or "thirty-day isolation" period, first imposed in 1377 in the Republic of Ragusa , Dalmatia (modern Dubrovnik in Croatia). Merriam-Webster gives various meanings to the noun form, including "a period of 40 days", several relating to ships, "a state of enforced isolation", and as "a restriction on the movement of people and goods which
1950-574: The Hubei province (population 55.5 million) – in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic . After a few weeks, the Italian government imposed lockdowns for the entire country (more than 60 million people) in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease there . India quarantined itself from the world for a period of one month. Most governments around the world restricted or advised against all non-essential travel to and from countries and areas affected by
2028-555: The Paraguay Expedition , a diplomatic effort to settle differences between the United States and Paraguay which resulted from an incident in which Paraguayans had fired upon the U.S. Navy sidewheel gunboat USS Water Witch . Supply arrived with the squadron off Asunción , Paraguay, on 25 January 1859 and stood by during negotiations which resulted in a Paraguayan apology and an indemnity which settled
2106-604: The United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1984. The Siracusa Principles state that restrictions on human rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights must meet standards of legality, evidence-based necessity , proportionality, and gradualism, noting that public health can be used as grounds for limiting certain rights if the state needs to take measures 'aimed at preventing disease or injury or providing care for
2184-569: The American warships, she resumed her voyage to the Levant on 4 February 1848. After touching at Malta on 9 February 1848, the ship reached Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire on 16 February 1848. There Lieutenant Lynch left the ship and proceeded to Constantinople to obtain permission from Sultan Abdülmecid I for the expedition before returning on board on 11 March 1848. After twice getting underway and being forced back to Smyrna by bad weather,
2262-533: The Bubonic plague. A quarantine involved isolating healthy travellers for a period of time so that it could be ascertained if they were sick or not. The mandatory quarantine of special groups of patients, including those with leprosy, started early in Islamic history. In the early 8th century the sixth Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I segregated lepers from the general population, with some later sources crediting
2340-774: The California coast, which was overflowing with "49ers," participants in the California Gold Rush who had been drawn there by word of a gold strike at Sutter's Mill . Two years later, she returned to New York to prepare for service in the West Indies Squadron ; however, she was assigned instead to the East India Squadron as stores ship in support of Commodore Matthew C. Perry 's expedition to Japan. She entered Edo Bay on 19 March 1854 during his second visit to Japan. After serving on
2418-535: The China coast, she returned to New York in February 1855. Supply ' s next assignment was perhaps the most unusual duty of her career. United States Secretary of War Jefferson Davis was extremely interested in developing the territory recently acquired by the United States from Mexico as a result of its victory in the Mexican–American War and arranged for an expedition to obtain camels for experimental use in
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2496-601: The East and preventing its spread within Europe. All but that of 1897 were concerned with cholera . No result came of those at Paris (1852), Constantinople (1866), Vienna (1874), and Rome (1885), but each of the subsequent ones doctrine of constructive infection of a ship as coming from a scheduled port, and an approximation to the principles advocated by the United Kingdom for many years. The principal countries which retained
2574-526: The Greek-Turkish border, all travellers entering and exiting the Ottoman Empire would be quarantined for 9–15 days. Upon appearance of the plague, the quarantine stations would be militarised and the Ottoman army would be involved in border control and disease monitoring . Since 1852, several conferences were held involving European powers, with a view to uniform action in keeping out infection from
2652-732: The Gulf of Mexico. Porter delivered the animals to Indianola, Texas , in May 1856. The ship had reached the halfway point on this curious mission for she was soon on her way back to the Levant for another load of camels which she transferred to Suwanee on the Mississippi River early in February 1857. Next in Supply ' s string of interesting assignments came service in a special squadron assembled and sent to South American waters to support
2730-544: The Mediterranean on 8 March 1849, carrying the United States consul to Tripoli . After disembarking her passenger and delivering stores to the ships of the Mediterranean Squadron, Supply returned home, via Brazil , arrived at Norfolk on 4 September 1849, and was laid up there on 11 September 1849. Reactivated on 22 November 1849, Supply sailed early in January 1850 and proceeded around Cape Horn to
2808-417: The Navy in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946. USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) , the lead ship of Supply -class of fast combat support ships was commissioned in 1994, decommissioned from active duty and transferred to MSC in 2001. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for
2886-583: The Quarantine Administration, in Istanbul. These two institutions set up permanent quarantines throughout the eastern Mediterranean, based on the western Mediterranean quarantine model. For example, at the port of İzmir , all ships and their cargo would be inspected and those suspected of carrying the plague would be towed to separate docks and their personnel housed in separate buildings for a determined period of time. In Thessaly , along
2964-530: The Venetian language form, meaning "forty days". This is due to the 40-day isolation of ships and people practised as a measure of disease prevention related to the plague . Between 1348 and 1359, the Black Death wiped out an estimated 30% of Europe's population, and a significant percentage of Asia's population. Such a disaster led governments to establish measures of containment to handle recurrent epidemics. A document from 1377 states that before entering
3042-806: The affair. A cruise with the Africa Squadron and duty on the United States East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico followed. January 1861 found Supply in Pensacola Bay , Florida, with the secession of the Southern states beginning, and, on 16 January 1861 she sailed north with the families and possessions of the officers and men who had been stationed at Pensacola Navy Yard and arrived at New York on 4 February 1861. The ship sailed south on 15 March 1861 carrying U.S. Army troops and United States Marines . She anchored in
3120-557: The broader concept of biosecurity ; for example, Australian biosecurity is governed by the single overarching Biosecurity Act 2015 . The word quarantine comes from quarantena or quarantaine , meaning "forty days", used in the Venetian language in the 14th and 15th centuries and also in France. The word is designated in the period during which all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during
3198-468: The caliph with opening a hospital . The separation of lepers from the general population was also practiced in the Moroccan city of Fez, where lepers were relocated to a cave system outside of the city. Dedicated leprosariums were built in the time of the Ottoman sultan Murad II in the 15th century, with some of the facilities operating for centuries. The word "quarantine" originates from quarantena ,
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3276-556: The city-state of Ragusa in Dalmatia (modern Dubrovnik in Croatia), newcomers had to spend 30 days (a trentine ) in a restricted place (originally nearby islands) waiting to see whether the symptoms of Black Death would develop. In 1448 the Venetian Senate prolonged the waiting period to 40 days, thus giving birth to the term "quarantine". The forty-day quarantine proved to be an effective formula for handling outbreaks of
3354-595: The conflict on 29 January 1862. when she captured the schooner Stephen Hart , which was carrying arms and ammunition, south of Sarasota, Florida . Her services, although undramatic, enabled many warships to remain on station in the blockade and thus helped substantially to shorten the war. After the end of hostilities, Supply served in the Brazil Squadron in 1866, and in the Far East in 1867 and 1868. After being laid up from 27 June 1868 to 5 November 1869,
3432-409: The disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp. Moses ordered that dwellings from which infected Jews had gone should be inspected before being occupied again, and that people recovering from contagious disease were not to be allowed to go abroad until examined. A hadith attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad advised individuals present in a region with
3510-484: The following year, transported the American exhibits to Austria-Hungary for the Vienna Exposition of 1873 . Following two years in ordinary at New York, the ship returned to Europe to bring back the exhibits from Vienna . Later that year, she made a training cruise with boys from New York. Then, in 1877, she served as a tender to the steam frigate Minnesota , which was serving as a training ship at
3588-610: The harbor at Pensacola, Florida , on 7 April 1861 and, on 11 April 1861, landed them at night to reinforce Fort Pickens . The American Civil War broke out the following day when Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina . Throughout the Civil War, Supply supported the blockading squadrons on the United States East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. She took her sole prize of
3666-425: The information card on arriving in Australia. Besides other risk factors, visitors are required to declare what food and products made of wood and other natural materials they have. Visitors who fail to do so may be subject to a fine of A$ 444, or may face criminal prosecution and be fined up to A$ 444,000 or imprisonment of up to 10 years. Australia has very strict quarantine standards. Quarantine in northern Australia
3744-459: The late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the best-known examples being the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic and outbreaks in Georgia (1856) and Florida (1888). Cholera and smallpox epidemics continued throughout the nineteenth century, and plague epidemics affected Honolulu and San Francisco from 1899 until 1901. State governments generally relied on the cordon sanitaire as
3822-654: The most complete of its kind, was founded in 1526 on the island of Pomègues . The practise at all the Mediterranean lazarets did not differ from the English procedure in the Levantine and North African trade. On the arrival of cholera in 1831 some new lazarets were set up at western ports; notably, a very extensive establishment near Bordeaux . Afterwards, they were used for other purposes. Epidemics of yellow fever ravaged urban communities in North America throughout
3900-471: The old system at the time were Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, and Russia (the British possessions at the time, Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus, being under the same influence). The aim of each international sanitary convention had been to bind the governments to a uniform minimum of preventive action, with further restrictions permissible to individual countries. The minimum specified by international conventions
3978-552: The opposite—a ship that 'requests free pratique ', i.e. that declares itself free of quarantinable disease, and requests boarding and routine port inspection. Ships in quarantine today would fly either the Q flag alone, meaning "My vessel is 'healthy' and I request free pratique", or the double Q flag (QQ), meaning "I require health clearance". The quarantining of people often raises questions of civil rights , especially in cases of long confinement or segregation from society, such as that of Mary Mallon (also known as Typhoid Mary),
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#17327730622574056-462: The outbreak. By late 2020, the virus had already spread within communities in large parts of the world, with many not knowing where or how they were infected. Plain yellow, green, and even black flags have been used to symbolise disease in both ships and ports, with the colour yellow having a longer historical precedent, as a colour of marking for houses of infection, previous to its use as a maritime marking colour for disease. The former flag used for
4134-516: The pandemic and once population's containment measures to reduce virus spread are required, they could be potentially affected by the disruption in daily life routine as a result of social isolation and their unseasoned ability to conceive and comprehend the short- and long-term consequences of this outbreak. Quarantine periods can be very short, such as in the case of a suspected anthrax attack, in which people are allowed to leave as soon as they shed their potentially contaminated garments and undergo
4212-570: The plague. Dubrovnik was the first city in Europe to set up quarantine sites such as the Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik where arriving ship personnel were held for up to 40 days. According to current estimates, the bubonic plague had a 37-day period from infection to death; therefore, the European quarantines would have been highly successful in determining the health of crews from potential trading and supply ships. Other diseases lent themselves to
4290-433: The poor health of his men, had chartered a small French brig to carry them to Malta. Supply then headed west and reached Malta on 11 September 1848. There, Lynch and the entire expedition party reembarked, and the ship returned to the United States. She reached Norfolk, Virginia , on 8 December 1848 and was decommissioned there on 17 December 1848. Recommissioned on 17 February 1849, the stores ship sailed once more for
4368-462: The practice of quarantine before and after the devastation of the plague. Those affected by leprosy were historically isolated long-term from society, and attempts were made to check the spread of syphilis in northern Europe after 1492, the advent of yellow fever in Spain at the beginning of the 19th century, and the arrival of Asiatic cholera in 1831. Venice took the lead in measures to check
4446-436: The public about the benefits of quarantine to wider society can be favourable." Although youngsters appear to be less vulnerable to COVID-19 , the side effects of the pandemic can be devastating. Quarantine from the pandemic led to an increase the prevalence of violence in the family, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Children and adolescents may be highly exposed to biopsycho social stressors generated by
4524-507: The purpose was the "Lima" ( L ) flag, which is a mixture of yellow and black flags previously used. It is sometimes called the "yellow jack" but this was also a name for yellow fever , which probably derives its common name from the flag, not the colour of the victims (cholera ships also used a yellow flag). The plain yellow flag ("Quebec" or Q in international maritime signal flags ) probably derives its letter symbol for its initial use in quarantine , but this flag in modern times indicates
4602-649: The ship finally sailed to Syria and reached Beirut on 25 March 1848, and the expedition left the ship and proceeded on to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. Lynch ' s report of the exploration still was cited in the 1970s as a primary source of information on the area. Meanwhile, Supply cruised in the Mediterranean. When she returned, late in August 1848, she learned that the exploring party had successfully completed their undertaking and that Lynch, forced by
4680-618: The ship sailed for Europe, but soon returned and was decommissioned at New York on 7 July 1870. On 21 February 1871, Supply was recommissioned and sailed eastward across the Atlantic Ocean carrying supplies for the citizens of France left destitute by the Franco-Prussian War . In the spring of 1872, the ship carried a relief crew to the sloop-of-war Lancaster in the South Atlantic Squadron and,
4758-489: The ship, now commanded by Lieutenant William F. Lynch , departed New York Harbor and proceeded to the Mediterranean with equipment and stores to be used in an expedition to explore the Dead Sea . She reached Gibraltar on the afternoon of 19 December 1847, and proceeded to Port Mahón with supplies for the Mediterranean Squadron . There she was delayed in quarantine for two weeks because of two cases of smallpox which occurred on board. After finally delivering stores to
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#17327730622574836-402: The sick and injured.' Limitations on rights (such as quarantine) must be 'strictly necessary,' meaning that they must: In addition, when quarantine is imposed, public health ethics specify that: Finally, the state is ethically obligated to guarantee that: Quarantine can have adverse psychological effects on the quarantined, including post-traumatic stress , confusion, and anger. According to
4914-454: The spread of plague, having appointed three guardians of public health in the first years of the Black Death (1348). The next record of preventive measures comes from Reggio / Modena in 1374. Venice founded the first lazaret (on a small island adjoining the city) in 1403. In 1467 Genoa followed the example of Venice, and in 1476 the old leper hospital of Marseille was converted into a plague hospital. The great lazaret of Marseille, perhaps
4992-490: The time. In 1878, Supply sailed to Europe with the American exhibits for the Paris Exposition of 1878 and brought them home in March 1879. On 26 October 1878, while off Le Havre , France, Boatswain's Mate John Flannagan rescued a fellow sailor from drowning, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor . On 27 January 1879, Supply collided with the British barque Diadem in the Atlantic Ocean . Diadem' s crew abandoned ship and were landed at Madeira . Supply
5070-428: The world. If other products are brought inside along with pests and diseases, it would damage the ecosystem seriously and add millions of costs in the local agricultural businesses. There are three quarantine Acts of Parliament in Canada: Quarantine Act (humans), Health of Animals Act (animals), and Plant Protection Act (vegetations). The first legislation is enforced by the Canada Border Services Agency after
5148-493: Was commissioned there on 19 December 1846, Lieutenant John Calhoun in command. Supply sailed for the Gulf of Mexico on 21 January 1847 and supported the Home Squadron 's operations against Mexico serving as a stores ship until late in the summer when Commodore Matthew C. Perry reduced the size of his force in Mexican waters after the American evacuation of Tabasco . Supply returned to New York City on 26 September 1847. Exactly two months later, on 26 November 1847,
5226-401: Was a ship-rigged sailing vessel which served as a stores ship in the United States Navy . She saw service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War . Supply was purchased by the U.S. Navy at Boston , Massachusetts, late in 1846 for service during the Mexican–American War. She was delivered to the United States Government at the Boston Navy Yard on 8 December 1846, and
5304-544: Was concluded in Rio de Janeiro on 12 June 1904. A sanitary convention between the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay was concluded in Montevideo on 21 April 1914. The convention covers cases of Asiatic cholera , oriental plague and yellow fever . It was ratified by the Uruguayan government on 13 October 1914, by the Paraguayan government on 27 September 1917 and by the Brazilian government on 18 January 1921. Sanitary conventions were also concluded between European states. A Soviet-Latvian sanitary convention
5382-555: Was decided during the prevalence of plague, every country had the right to close its land borders to traffic. At the Red Sea , it was decided after discussion a healthy vessel could pass through the Suez Canal and continue its voyage in the Mediterranean during the incubation period of the disease and that vessels passing through the Canal in quarantine might, subject to the use of the electric light, coal up in quarantine at Port Said by night or by day, and that passengers might embark in quarantine at that port. Infected vessels, if these carry
5460-410: Was decommissioned at New York on 23 April 1879 and was towed to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, where she was laid up until she was sold on 3 May 1884 to M. H. Gregory of Great Neck, Long Island , New York. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be found here . Quarantine A quarantine
5538-462: Was in connection with the outbreak of plague in the East, and the conference met to settle on an international basis the steps to be taken to prevent, if possible, its spread into Europe. An additional convention was signed in Paris on 3 December 1903. A multilateral international sanitary convention was concluded at Paris on 17 January 1912. This convention was most comprehensive and was designated to replace all previous conventions on that matter. It
5616-421: Was signed between the governments of Germany and Latvia on 9 July 1926, for which ratifications were exchanged on 6 July 1927. In 1897, the incubation period for this disease was determined and this was to be adopted for administrative purposes. The incubation period was comparatively short, some three or four days. After much discussion ten days was accepted by a majority. The principle of disease notification
5694-526: Was signed between the governments of Poland and Romania on 20 December 1922. Ratifications were exchanged on 11 July 1923. The Polish government also concluded such a convention with the Soviet government on 7 February 1923, for which ratifications were exchanged on 8 January 1924. A sanitary convention was also concluded between the governments of Poland and Czechoslovakia on 5 September 1925, for which ratifications were exchanged on 22 October 1926. A convention
5772-510: Was signed by 40 countries, and consisted of 160 articles. Ratifications by 16 of the signatories were exchanged in Paris on 7 October 1920. Another multilateral convention was signed in Paris on 21 June 1926, to replace that of 1912. It was signed by 58 countries worldwide, and consisted of 172 articles. In Latin America, a series of regional sanitary conventions were concluded. Such a convention
5850-464: Was signed on 24 June 1922, for which ratifications were exchanged on 18 October 1923. A bilateral sanitary convention was concluded between the governments of Latvia and Poland on 7 July 1922, for which ratifications were exchanged on 7 April 1925. Another was concluded between the governments of Germany and Poland in Dresden on 18 December 1922, and entered into effect on 15 February 1923. Another one
5928-498: Was the main way the Western African Ebola virus epidemic was ended in 2016; members of the 8th WHO Emergency Committee criticised international travel restrictions imposed during the epidemic as ineffective due to difficulty of enforcement, and counterproductive as they slowed down aid efforts. The People's Republic of China has employed mass quarantines – firstly of the city of Wuhan and subsequently of all of
6006-436: Was unanimously adopted. Each government had to notify other governments of the existence of plague within their jurisdictions and state the measures of prevention being carried out to prevent its spread. The area declared infected was limited to the district or village where the disease prevailed, and no locality was deemed to be infected because of the importation into it of a few cases of plague while there has been no spread. It
6084-473: Was very nearly the same as the British practice, which had been in turn adapted to continental opinion in the matter of the importation of rags. The Venice convention of 30 January 1892 dealt with cholera by the Suez Canal route; that of Dresden of 15 April 1893, with cholera within European countries; that of Paris of 3 April 1894, with cholera by the pilgrim traffic; and that of Venice, on 19 March 1897,
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