A public health strategy to reduce physical contact between people, especially during epidemics. Often used in news and official contexts.
Social distancing measures were taken to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The government requested the cancellation of large-scale events as part of its social distancing strategy.
A more common loanword for 'social distancing' in everyday conversation. 社会距離戦略 is a formal, technical term often used in policy or academic contexts.
Compound of 社会 (society), 距離 (distance), and 戦略 (strategy). A calque of English 'social distancing', likely coined during the COVID-19 pandemic.