Sir, we have intel that a new virus has been discovered in China’s Wuhan province. In the past 20 days, it has infected 100 people and the number is steadily rising.

Sir, it's a novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Researchers believe it could be as contagious as SARS.

You are suddenly taken aback. SARS was a global epidemic that happened around 15 years back and it was a highly infectious disease that had killed around 3000 people globally.

We need to take strong precautionary steps to prevent it from entering our soil. We should start screening Chinese travellers or maybe stop all flights from China.

That would be too extreme a measure.

China is our biggest trade partner and our companies would lose billions if we stop flights from China.

What would you do?

Choose the best option in terms of feasibility and aptness:

1. Order all travellers from China to be screened at airports

2. Stop all flights to and from China immediately

3. Ask the team to dig more data and monitor the situation closely

Stopping all flights from China would have resulted in a daily loss of around $20mn. You, therefore, decided not to take such a stern step right now.

You have ordered for strict screening for all travellers coming from China and have also asked your team to closely monitor the situation.

Mr. President, we have a problem.

Dr. Monica has an update and she urgently wants to speak to you.

Mr. President, thanks for your call. Sir, last night we reported a confirmed case of Coronavirus from our Southern Province.

Sir, five students had returned from China via Bangkok last week. One of them developed symptoms and visited the local hospital.

On receiving the intimation, we collected the samples and confirmed the presence of the novel Coronavirus.

Sir, I am sorry, but it's not that simple.

This virus is highly infectious and it spreads by 'one touch'. It stays active for a minimum of 12 hours and 1 person has a potential of infecting a minimum of 3 persons.

Yes, sir! There is a very high probability that others who came in his contact are infected too.

Sure, sir. I shall update you timely.

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What would you do?

Choose the best option in terms of feasibility and aptness:

1. Start Screening all travellers from impacted countries

2. Start Screening all international travellers

3. Suspend flights from impacted countries for non-citizens

Looking at the situation, you have ordered for strict screening for all international travellers. Indeed, it's a bold step and people might get furious with you, but you hope that they understand.

Sir, we had initiated a 'contact trace' for the last case we had registered.

I am sorry, but the results are alarming. Apparently, the student we traced had been roaming around freely, attending parties with friends, and has infected substantial number of people. The chain has just begun!

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Mr. President, our medical teams have already setup 23 labs across the country that can screen for Covid-19 and 30 more are planned over the next 7 days.

Sir, I am afraid but being a novel virus, we don't have a vaccination, as yet.

All we can do is provide intensive care to patients to support their immune system to fight their own battle.

Sir, currently we can only accommodate 2000-2500 new patients.

Given the infectious nature of the virus, the inflow, if not controlled, could be a very high number.

You had asked Aaron to work out on total funds availability and immediate infrastructure needs.

You are now meeting Aaron to discuss it further.

You have identified the following infrastructure needs. You have $40Bn in your National Calamity Funds.

How much money would you want to utilize from the funds?

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Mr. President, so far we have not found any case of community transmission (Stage-3). All the cases have been of people with travel history from abroad or close contacts. By stopping all international travel, we may be able to contain this.

But sir, what do we do with the thousands of citizens who are in transit now and expected to land in the next 24 hours.

Positive cases show symptom within 14 days. We have to quarantine them for that period.

But we do not have the bandwidth to accommodate so many people at such a short notice. This is also a state issue. We cannot impose a blanket policy throughout the country without their consent.

What would you do?

Chose the best option in terms of feasibility and aptness:

1. Mandatory quarantine for all. Issue presidential order to release funds immediately to put this into place.

2. Issue an advisory asking state heads to ask travellers to self-quarantine.

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Sir, Dr. Monica has an update and she urgently wants to speak to you.

Mr. President, the situation is a lot worse than we had anticipated. The virus is spreading at a much higher rate than we had calculated.

With the current rate of increase, the entire country shall get infected in no time and we will have no beds to cure people.

The only option I see is a 'complete lockdown'. We need to shut down everything - public transport, entertainment venues, public gatherings. We have to lock people at home.

We need to take stronger preventive measures. We have to bring down the number of 'New Cases' to less than 5 within the next 45 days or else we are doomed.

Lockdown seems to be your only viable option. But a successful lockdown would require you to execute successfully a lot of activities.

How would you allocate your efforts?

1. Communicate to public the need for lockdown 2. Prepare for delivery of basic supplies 3. Control measures to ensure everything is closed

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Looking at mental issues, you decide to lift mandatory lockdown. But the virus spread is not completely controlled and you need to address people.

You plan for a press release. How much time will you allocate?

1. Request people not to panic, give them moral strength and thank them for their support 2. Request people to maintain complete 'social distancing' and implement preventive measures (like washing hands, using masks, etc.) 3. Talk about infrastructure limitations and measures implemented by the government

Your 'press release' was a success. People appreciated your honest efforts and supported you whole-heartedly.

Many superstars also lent support and vouched for 'social distancing' through social media platforms.

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