COVID- 19 Quarantine and the way forward
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2020.v32i02SUPP.017Keywords:
COVID-19, QuarantineAbstract
Quarantine is a tool that was used anciently and now used as a public health measure in a more strategic manner for containment of a disease. It requires a lot of planning for implementation depending upon the burden of disease, resources to carry out the same in a stringent manner. Benefits and outcomes need to be measured carefully while imposing quarantine especially of a larger scale. We have tried to put up the rationale behind the current quarantine measure carried out in the wake of COVID 19 and factors to keep in mind for the future.
Downloads
References
Tognotti, Eugenia. “Lessons from the history of quarantine, from plague to influenza A.” Emerging infectious diseases vol. 19,2 (2013): 254-9. ”[Internet].[cited 2020 Apr 15] Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559034/
Martin Cetron, Susan Maloney, Ram Koppaka, and Patricia Simone. Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak: Workshop Summary: “Isolation and quarantine: containment strategies for SARS 2003”[Internet].[cited 2020 Apr 9] Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92450/
Martin Cetron, Susan Maloney, Ram Koppaka, and Patricia Simone. Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak: Workshop Summary: “Strategies for Disease Containment” [Internet].[cited 2020 Apr 9] Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92450/
Day T, Park A, Madras N, Gumel A, Wu J. When is quarantine a useful control strategy for emerging infectious diseases?. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;163(5):479–485. [Internet].[cited 2020 Apr 15] Available from https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/163/5/479/61137
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
License
Copyright (c) 2020 Indian Journal of Community Health
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
