It is necessary to break the chain of transmission of the novel coronavirus to reduce its prevalence in the country. In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued additional guidelines for home isolation for people who are clinically diagnosed with a very mild or pre-symptomatic COVID-19 infection. The Health Ministry has issued new guidelines to be followed by the patients diagnosed with very mild or pre-symptomatic COVID-19 infection.
The pre-existing guidelines suggested that any patient with a containment phase, who is clinically assigned as ‘moderate or severe’ should be admitted to COVID care centers or COVID hospitals. Home quarantine measures are to be followed by very mild cases or pre-symptomatic cases with the availability of necessary facilities. The amended measures are - The treating medical officer can only assign the patient as a very mild case or…
