The phrase "avert the spread of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express the action of preventing something from spreading, such as a disease or misinformation.
Example: "The government implemented strict measures to avert the spread of the virus."
Alternatives: "prevent the spread of" or "stop the spread of".
The Afghan scholar who banned the concert said it was to avert the spread of "immorality" in the city.
New tools that are designed to avert the spread of misinformation will notify Facebook users when they try to share a story that has been bookmarked as false by these "independent fact-checkers". Alit Wine is leading the industry to "shine a light on the places that the wine industry doesn't talk about," founder Mark Tarlov says.
The US military moved rapidly in the South Pacific to establish military bases without allowing time for precautions and prevention measures to avert the spread of dengue.
Intended for Atrial Fibrillation wherein a surgeon makes small cuts or burns in the atria which can avert the spread of unsystematic electrical impulses.
But as we await more research on the effectiveness of microbicides and payments to families with girls in averting the spread of H.I.V., let's ensure that funding for prevention programs already proven effective for women and children, like those that stop mother-to-child transmission of the disease, continue to be improved and expanded.
Proper sanitation, including handwashing with soap, averts the spread of diarrhoeal disease, which is the second biggest killer of children under five.
In the book, Johnson tells how he approached DfID for a donation of $12,500£9£9,500) to create desperately needed isolation units in six hospitals in Freetown, in a bid to avert the spread.
BEIJING — Officials in southern China appear to have averted environmental calamity by halting the spread of a toxic metal that had threatened to foul drinking water for tens of millions of people, the state media reported Monday.
The monograph also suggested some preventive measures to avert a possible catastrophe due to the spread of the epidemic.
Priority access to aid Providing safe drinking water to families whose water supply has been damaged by the flood is now crucial to avert potential disease outbreaks among survivors – especially the spread of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in young children.
Providing safe drinking water to families whose water supply has been damaged by the flood is now crucial to avert potential disease outbreaks among survivors – especially the spread of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in young children.
