Centre allows mild or pre-symptomatic Covid patients to seek home isolation
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government on Tuesday issued a new guideline to allow mild or pre-symptomatic Covid-19 patients to remain isolated at their homes, a system which is now widely followed by the developed nations.
"..very mild/pre-symptomatic patients having the requisite facility at his/her residence for self-isolation will have the option for home isolation," said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement.
However, the patients must immediately seek medical attention if serious signs or symptoms are developed.
"Patients under home isolation will end home isolation if symptoms are clinically resolved and the surveillance medical officer certifies him to be free of infection after laboratory testing," said the ministry.
In a much similar approach, the West Bengal government on Tuesday took a decision to allow primary or secondary contacts of Covid positive cases with a reasonable living/physical spaces in their homes to remain in home quarantine.
Despite the ongoing 40-day lockdown, the total number of positive cases are on the rise as the tally on Tuesday touched 29,435 including 6,869 cured and 934 deceased.
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