Isolated patients spreading virus to family members, causing concern
Mysore/Mysuru: With the recent spike in new cases in the second coming of the
Coronavirus, health officials and the District Administration have been asked to ramp up monitoring of home isolation cases through a combination of remote (through telephone) and door-to-door outreach measures to prevent them spreading the disease to their family members.
At a closed-door meeting with District officials including Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri at Zilla Panchayat Hall this noon, Mysuru District Secretary Jayaram said that of late there were many cases where home isolation patients spreading the killer disease to family members including the elderly and children. He asked officers to monitor the isolated patients through phone calls and if need be form surveillance teams to monitor their stay and movements.