Assam Revised Guidelines for Home Isolation of COVID-19 Patients

STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI:

Revised COVID Home Isolation Guidelines in Assam: The Health Department has modified the guidelines for home isolation of COVID-19 patients. Such modifications are a must since the number of home isolated COVID-19 patients is high in the second wave of the virus.

According to the fresh modifications, only mild or asymptomatic patients can be recommended for home isolation, but not patients suffering from immune-compromised status. The recommendations say that the need for a fresh COVID-19 test doesn't arise when the home isolation period is over.

According to sources in the State Health Department, fresh active positive cases in the State till Wednesday are 21,884. Around 15,000 of them are in home isolation.

Covid-19 patients eligible to be recommended for home isolation should be clinically assigned as mild or asymptomatic by the treating medical officer, and his or her residence should've all facilities for home isolation. Apart from these two, a communication link between the caregiver and the doctor is a prerequisite. An oximeter for monitoring the oxygen level of the patient should be there.

Remdesivir injection shouldn't be applied to the patient in home isolation without consultation with the doctor in charge.

Patients suffering from HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), transplant recipients and those under cancer therapy aren't recommended for home isolation. However, under special circumstances, sometimes home isolation of such patients is recommended after proper evaluation by the treating medical officer, the new recommendations said.

Patients under home isolation stand discharged and end isolation after at least ten days are passed from the date of onset of the symptoms and experiencing no fever for three consecutive days.

Even after discharge from home isolation, the covid patients will have to follow the guidelines meant for discharged COVID-19 patients.

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