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Reverse quarantine and COVID-19
A V Raveendran1, Rajeev Jayadevan2
1Govt. Medical College, Manjeri, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Background:
COVID-19 is a pandemic, resulting in large number of deaths all over the world. Lack of effective antiviral agents and vaccines pose a major challenge to control this pandemic.
Methods:
Review the role of reverse quarantine in the control of COVID-19.
Results:
Public health measures like social distancing, wearing face mask and hand hygiene along with quarantine measures form important steps to control the disease. Reverses quarantine is a useful strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19.
Conclusions:
Reverse quarantine is a promising public health measure to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19.
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