Before revision:  If a fraction of the agents in the population have a choice of staying in any two given states , we show that the total infected population in the country could be as low as that achieved with a complete stoppage of inter-state movements for a prolonged period, provided that the agents instead follow a stochastic strategy , used in the Minority Game, for their movement decisions between their two choices.
After revision:  If a fraction of the agents in the population have a choice of staying in any two given states , we show that the total infected population in the country could be as low as that achieved with a complete stoppage of inter-region movements for a prolonged period, provided that the agents instead follow a stochastic strategy , used in the Minority Game, for their movement decisions between their two choices.