Home Quarantine New Guidelines: Most people have no signs of coronavirus, so the Union Ministry of Health has made some changes in the guidelines of isolation at home, so as to include coronary asymptomatic patients, In which mild symptoms or no symptoms of coronavirus infection are seen.
According to the new guidelines:
- However, at-home isolation is not suitable for patients whose immunity is very poor, such as HIV, recent transplants, or cancer patients.
- Older patients who are 60 years of age and above and those who already have a disease, such as diabetes, heart disease, liver-kidney disease, etc., come in people who are home only after a thorough checkup by a medical worker Isolation may be allowed.
- Patients who are in isolation at home will be discharged only 10 days after the onset of symptoms and not for three consecutive days of fever. According to the new guidelines, the patient will be advised to remain isolated at home and monitor his health for seven days. There is no need for a test after the house separation period is over.
- Asymptomatic patients with no symptoms or very mild symptoms may opt for isolation at home if they have the necessary facilities at home to avoid contact with other family members.
- According to the new guidelines, the patient must be available 24×7 to care for the patient. In addition, the guidelines reiterated that caregivers and all close contacts in such cases should take hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine according to protocol and as prescribed by the treating medical officer.
- Patients should monitor their health and regularly inform the District Monitoring Officer of the health status, which will be further facilitated by the monitoring teams.
- On Thursday, Coronavirus cases in the country went above 6 lakh. After which the Ministry of Health decided to issue new guidelines
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