A new study using data from India and five other countries finds that using domestic travel bans to control Covid-19 infections may be inadvisable.Depending on their duration, these restrictions can lead to more rather than fewer infections .
Domestic travel curbs can lead to more rather than fewer Covid infections: Study
The researchers show that if the net effect of a travel ban is to delay the movement of these people, rather than prevent it entirely, the policy can lead to more cases overall.
Share Via Email
| A+A A- By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: A new study using data from India and five other countries has found that domestic travel bans to control Covid infections may be inadvisable.
Depending on their duration, these restrictions can lead to more rather than fewer infections overall, especially when there is a large urban-rural migrant population.
858 A bird eye view of the city during Lockdown amid coronavirus second wave in Bengaluru, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. PTI
New Delhi, April 29
Domestic travel bans can increase COVID-19 cases, a new research by the University of Chicago has found.
According to a statement from the university, the study using data from India and five other countries finds that using domestic travel bans to control COVID-19 infections may be inadvisable.
The study has found that imposing travel bans can counter-intuitively increase the total spread of coronavirus disease, creating a “lose-lose situation”, the university said in the statement.
Elaborating on these findings, Anant Sudarshan, South Asia Director of The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and one of the study authors, said the national lockdown in the first wave trapped millions of migrants inside big cities like Mumbai that were fast-growing coronavirus hotspots.
Inside secret first camp for Myanmar refugees established in India
Believed to be the first of its kind, the camp runs on a tight budget, with refugees sleeping on mats on hard floors
The location of the camp is kept secret from police and the army
Hundreds of worried looking people fill the damp room, some playing folk songs on their phones, while others sit quietly in the dark.
“I crossed the border into India with three other female police officers at night on a riverboat. I was so scared while crossing, that the police would stop me,” said Aung Kyi, a diminutive police officer from Myanmar, who fled after she was instructed to shoot at pro-democracy protesters in her home country, following the military coup. Her name has been changed to protect her identity.
ഏഷ്യക്കാരെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പഠിപ്പിക്കുന്ന മലയാളം മീഡിയംകാരൻ mathrubhumi.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mathrubhumi.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.