Goemkaponn Desk
PANAJI: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in its new guidelines has decreased the number of days for home isolation to 10 days from the current 17 days provided patients do not have fever for 3 days.
“Patient under Home Isolation will stand discharged and end isolation after atleast 10 days have passed from onset of symptoms (or from date of sampling for asymptomatic cases) and no fever for 3 days,” said Director of Health Services (DHS) Dr Jose D’sa
He further said informed that there is no need for testing after the home isolation period is over.
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. Clinically assigned mild cases are patients with upper respiratory tract symptoms (and/or fever) without shortness of breath and having oxygen saturation at room air of more than 94 per cent are recommended for home isolation,” the revised guidelines said.