Before revision:  Given that a fraction of the agents have the 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  follow a stochastic strategy, used in the Minority Game, for their movement decisions  .
After revision:  Given that a fraction of the agents have the 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 .