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Coronavirus and compulsory isolation 'pits human rights against public safety'

Guests peer out from a window at H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel, which is on lockdown after the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Adeje, in the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez - RC2UBF9IPUNM

What are the consequences for those who refuse to comply with isolation measures? Image: REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Morgan Shimwell
Lecturer in Medical Law, Nottingham Trent University
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