Answer:

quarantine

AnswerCrossword Clue
QUARANTINEEnforced isolation
QUARANTINEInvoluntary isolation
QUARANTINEKeep inside
QUARANTINEFrom Italian for "forty days"
QUARANTINEWhat the yellow jack indicates.
QUARANTINEAction invoked against Cuba.
QUARANTINEIsolate.
QUARANTINEIsolate
QUARANTINEForty days, literally