Covid-19: Effective quarantine could cut healthcare load by 90%, says study

If 50% of Covid-19 infected cases are isolated, it will bring down hospitalizations and mortality drastically, say researchers

An effective lockdown and quarantine regime could dent the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) by 90 per cent, bringing it within manageable limits for India’s limited healthcare infrastructure.
 

Such an outcome would require over 50 per cent quarantine compliance among infected cases, according to a study — ‘Healthcare impact of Covid-19 epidemic in India: A stochastic mathematical model’ — published in the Medical Journal Armed Forces India.

The study was conducted by Kaustuv Chatterjee, head of department of Medical Informatics at the naval hospital INHS Asvini, along with Armed Forces Medical College Professor Kaushik