TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES MANDATORY QUARANTINES FOR CORONAVIRUS, declares public health emergency. “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said it was the first quarantine order issued by the federal government in over 50 years. Marty Cetron, director of CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, said the last time a quarantine was used was in the 1960s for smallpox.” Seems like they’re taking it seriously.