The use of restrictive and physical distancing measures during a pandemic raises a number of important ethical issues. This policy brief addresses questions commonly asked about the ethics of restrictive and distancing measures.

This policy brief was developed by the WHO Working Group on Ethics & SARS-CoV-2, based on some of the text and issues discussed in the WHO Guidance Document, Managing Ethical Issues in Infectious Disease Outbreaks (2016).

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