Table 2.

Comparison between Quarantine and Reverse quarantine.

Features	Quarantine	Reverse quarantine
Separating	Those who are at risk of development of disease, because of contact with an infected individual	Those who are at risk of developing severe illness if infected
Duration	Maximal incubation period of the illness	Till the diseases is under control in that geographical area
People	Any individual who is at the risk of development of illness	Elderly or people with co-morbidities like diabetes, hypertension, renal disease
Purpose	To stop the transmission in the general population from potentially infective individual	Not much role in the prevention of transmission in the general population. To prevent infection in those who are at risk of developing critical illness
Place	Home or institutional	Most of the time home
Economic impact	Affect the financial status of the family, if he is the earning member of the family.	Elderly and those with other illness, may not be the earning member of the family. During RQ, society functions as usual, so that not much economic issues compared to lock down and quarantine.
Psychological issues	Results in psychological issues	Can lead to psychological issues, but may be less
Requirement	Early detection of cases and contact tracing are important to implement effective quarantine measures	Presence of the diseases under consideration in that geographical area is the pre requisite for RQ
Benefits	Helps to reduce disease burden Controlling the pandemic by reducing the risk of transmission	Younger/healthy individuals will get mild infection and develop herd immunity, while older people get the benefit of it Altering the pandemic into a less harmful disease by reducing the chance of development of severe illness/critical illness
Net results	Reduces the number of cases in the society	Reduces the number of severe cases, requiring hospitalisation. Reduces the morbidity and mortality in the society