abroad
verb
°At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
"A tree spreads its branches abroad."
°Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
"to walk abroad"
noun
°countries or lands abroad.
synonyms: overseas
ache
verb
°To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
"Fie, how my bones ache! - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, II-v"
noun
°Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
"Fill all thy bones with aches - Shakespeare, Tempest, I-ii"
°(obsolete) Parsley.
adverse
adjective
°Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
"adverse criticism"
°Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
"adverse circumstances."
airborne
adjective
°In or carried by the air.
noun
°Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
asymptomatic
adjective
°Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease.
synonyms: symptomless
austerity
noun
°Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
°Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
caution
noun
°Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
°A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
verb
°To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
closure
noun
°An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
°A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
confine
verb
°To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
noun
°(in plural confines) Limits.
synonyms: border, bound, limit
containment
noun
°the act of containing or something contained.
°a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
contract
noun
°An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
°An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
verb
°To enter into a contract with.
°To gain or acquire (an illness).
synonyms: catch, get, abate, decrease more» , lessen, reduce, shorten, shrink
cough
verb
°To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
"I breathed in a load of smoke by mistake, and started to cough."
°To make a noise like a cough.
"The engine coughed and sputtered."
noun
°A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
"Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough."
°A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
"Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough."
curfew
noun
°A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
°The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
disruptive
adjective
°Causing disrupt or unrest.
"He has tendencies to exhibit disruptive behaviour"
draconian
adjective
°Very severe, oppressive or strict.
"The despot chose a draconian punishment."
°(obsolete except in fiction) Of or resembling a dragon.
synonyms: cruel, hard, harsh, oppressive more» , rigid, strict, stringent, draconic, dragonlike
drastic
adjective
°Extreme, severe.
"If our third attempt fails, we may need drastic ideas."
°Acting rapidly or violently.
feasible
adjective
°Doable, possible, achievable, workable.
synonyms: doable, possible, achievable, workable more» , practicable
frontline
adjective
°Located at a front.
°Describing the most advanced or important.
noun
°alternative spelling of front line.

"gatherings" is not in the dictionary.

guidance
noun
°the act or process of guiding.
°advice or counselling on some topic.
habitat
noun
°A specific place or natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.
immunocompromised
adjective
°Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.
incubation
noun
°Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
°The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.).
infectious
adjective
°Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
"Cancer is not infectious."
°Able to infect others.
"Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious."
synonyms: catching, contagious, catchy
isolate
verb
°To set apart or cut off from others.
°To place in quarantine or isolation.
noun
°Something that has been isolated.
lethal
adjective
°deadly; mortal; fatal.
noun
°One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
lockdown
noun
°(in an institution, such as a prison) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance.
mortality
noun
°The condition of being susceptible to death.
outbreak
noun
°An eruption, sudden appearance.
"''Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic"
°A sudden increase.
"There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school."
verb
°To burst out.
°To break forth.
synonyms: outburst, tumult
overstretch
verb
°To stretch too far.
°To stretch over something.
plummet
noun
°(archaic) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
"I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. -Shak."
°(archaic) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under plumb, n.
verb
°To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
synonyms: dive, drop, fall
resistant
noun
°A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
°A thing which resists.
adjective
°That which makes resistance or offers opposition.
°That which is not overcome by a disease or drug.
runny
adjective
°fluid; capable of flowing.
" runny honey"
°liable to run or drip.
"a runny nose"
sanitary
adjective
°of, or relating to health.
°clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.
screening
noun
°Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
"I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts."
°The process of checking or filtering.
"The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient."
severity
noun
°The state of being severe.
°The degree of something undesirable; badness.
sneeze
verb
°To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
°To expel air as if the nose were irritated.
noun
°An act of sneezing.
synonyms: sternutate, sternutation, ptarmus
sniffle
verb
°To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing because of a runny nose.
"Sonia sniffled a little, and her eyes were puffy and wet."
noun
°The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
"I sometimes have a sniffle during allergy season."
spread
verb
°To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
"He spread his newspaper on the table."
°To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
"I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home."
noun
°The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
°An expanse of land.
synonyms: disseminate, circulate, propagate, put about more» , straddle
stockpile
noun
°A supply of something kept safe for future use.
verb
°To accumulate a stockpile.
surge
noun
°(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
°A sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient.
verb
°To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
°To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
synonyms: inrush
threshold
noun
°The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
°(by extension) An entrance.
timeframe
noun
°alternative spelling of time frame.
transmission
noun
°The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
°The fact of being transmitted.
underlying
adjective
°lying underneath.
"We dug down to the underlying rock."
°basic or fundamental.
"Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry."
widespread
adjective
°Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.
synonyms: extensive, pervasive, prevalent
worsen
verb
°To make worse.
"The global warming has worsened the weather."
°To become worse; to get worse.
"The weather has worsened."