Open AccessPrudent public health intervention strategies to control the coronavirus disease 2019 transmission in India: A mathematical model-based approach
Author(s) -
Sandip Mandal,
Tarun Bhatnagar,
Nimalan Arinaminpathy,
Anup Agarwal,
Amartya Chowdhury,
Manoj Murhekar,
Raman Gangakhedkar,
Swarup Sarkar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_504_20
Subject(s) - quarantine , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , pandemic , context (archaeology) , basic reproduction number , medicine , asymptomatic , environmental health , disease , public health , contact tracing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , virology , geography , population , computer science , surgery , telecommunications , archaeology , pathology , nursing
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised urgent questions about containment and mitigation, particularly in countries where the virus has not yet established human-to-human transmission. The objectives of this study were to find out if it was possible to prevent, or delay, the local outbreaks of COVID-19 through restrictions on travel from abroad and if the virus has already established in-country transmission, to what extent would its impact be mitigated through quarantine of symptomatic patients?