ASYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 PATIENTS CAN STAY HOME QUARANTINED SAYS GOVT; ISSUES SEPARATE GUIDELINES
Home > News Shots > Tamil NaduAs COVID-19 cases spike in Tamil Nadu for the second time, the state government has approved and issued a proposal stating that people with symptoms of coronavirus will be admitted to hospitals and that asymptomatic individuals will be isolated at their homes.
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The asymptomatic individuals are the ones who will have mild symptoms. So the government has issued a separate guidelines for them.
Meanwhile, a Government Order (GO) said, "It has been decided to accept a proposal of the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine for home isolation of those who test positive and have "very mild" symptoms or are "pre-symptomatic."
"For treatment at home, the person diagnosed for COVID-19 should be "clinically assigned as a very mild case / pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer," the GO added.
Also, if an individual is asymptomatic, then such people should have requisite facility for self-isolation and for quarantining family at their residence. Looking at the other guidelines, the concerned person should have availability of a well-ventilated single-room with a separate toilet along with a care giver.
Other aspects which needs to be kept in mind are;
- immediate medical attention must be given if serious signs or symptoms develop like persistent cough
- pain or pressure in the chest
- continuous fever
- difficulty in breathing
- mental confusion
- seizures and decreased urine output.
Highlighting about the stats, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Tamil Nadu crossed 500 again, raising the number of infected persons to 4,058 today. Two COVID-19 patients also died also, which has taken the state''s toll to 33.
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