COVID-19 Updates
Centre Writes to States to Follow the Guidelines for Effective Home
Isolation
Posted On: 19 JUN 2020 9:28PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued
revised Guidelines regarding Home Isolation on 10th May 2020 which
can be seen at :
The Guidelines continue to be effective, as on date.
As per the Guidelines, very mild and pre-symptomatic
COVID-19 patients can opt for home isolation provided the patient has a room to
himself/herself with toilet facility and has an adult attendant /caregiver.
Also, the patient shall agree to monitor his/her health and regularly inform
the health status to the District Surveillance Officer for further follow up by
the surveillance teams.
An important clause of the Revised Guidelines is that the
treating doctor is satisfied about the patient opting for home isolation based
on medical assessment and assessment of his/her residential accommodation. In
addition, the patient shall fill in an undertaking on self-isolation and shall
follow home quarantine guidelines. Also, all such cases of home isolation
further shall be monitored by teams of well-oriented doctors on a regular
basis, their discharge should follow the required guidelines and shall be
reported as per norms.
In this regard, some instances have been noticed wherein
home isolation is allowed in a routine manner in certain States, and clauses of
the Revised Guidelines are not followed in letter and spirit. This may lead to
spread of the disease within the family members and neighbors, more so in urban
settings such as dense urban agglomerations.
In this regard, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
has requested the States to ensure strict implementation of the Guidelines on
Home Isolation at the field level to effectively curb spread of COVID-19
pandemic.