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US Emergency Legal Responses to Novel Coronavirus

Lawrence O. GostinO’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DCJames G. HodgeCenter for Public Health Law and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Phoenix
2020en
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This Viewpoint discusses the policy and legal ramifications of the national public health emergency declared by the US government in response the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, and examines the lawfulness of quarantine and other compulsory measures.

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