New Delhi: India’s Federal Health Ministry has issued revised guidelines for home isolation for patients who have mild COVID-19 symptoms or are asymptomatic.
The new revised guidelines said: “Patients under home isolation will stand discharged and end isolation after at least 10 days have passed from onset of symptoms (or from date of sampling for asymptomatic cases) and no fever for 3 days. There is no need for testing after the home isolation period is over.”
As per the revised guidelines, the patient should be clinically assigned a mild/asymptomatic case by the treating Medical Officer. The asymptomatic cases are laboratory confirmed cases not experiencing any symptoms and having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94 per cent.
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Bhubaneswar: The Government of India is leading the COVID-19 response and management in the country in close coordination and collaboration with the State/UT governments.
Several strategic and calibrated measures have been taken for the prevention, containment and management of COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today issued guidelines in suppression to the earlier guidelines issued on the subject on 2nd July 2020.
As per the revised guidelines, the patients who are clinically assigned to be mild / asymptomatic are recommended for home isolation.
Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
The asymptomatic cases are laboratory confirmed cases not experiencing any symptoms and having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94%. Clinically assigned mild cases are patients with upper respiratory tract symptoms (&/or fever) without shortness of breath and having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94%.
i. Mask:
The caregiver should wear a triple layer medical mask. N95 mask may be considered when in the same room with the ill person.
Front portion of the mask should not be touched or handled during use.
If the mask gets wet or dirty with secretions, it must be changed immediately.
Discard the mask after use and perform hand hygiene after disposal of the mask.
He/she should avoid touching own face, nose or mouth.
Hand hygiene
Hand hygiene must be ensured following contact with ill person or his immediate environment.
Hand hygiene should also be practiced before and after preparing food, before eating, after using the toilet, and whenever hands look dirty.