Nod to home isolation of mild cases after 10-day hospitalisation

CHANDIGARH:The UT administration on Tuesday allowed home isolation of mild or asymptomatic Covid-19 patients after 10 days of hospitalisation.

But there is a rider. UT adviser Manoj Parida said only those patients who have adequate facilities for home quarantine and can follow proper isolation and social distancing will be released under this move.

“Others, who have smaller houses, like the ones in Bapu Dham, and cannot follow social distancing norms will be kept in the hospitals till the time their reports are negative,” he said.

Parida said that detailed guidelines issued by central government (see box) in allowing home isolation of positive cases will be strictly followed in permitting such cases.

PGI TEAM TO VISIT BAPU DHAM

With Covid outbreak in Bapu Dham Colony far from containment, UT administrator VP Singh Badnore on Tuesday asked the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) to send its public health team to visit the colony and recommend improvements in field operations.

He said that decision on relaxation of the lockdown in the city will be taken on the basis of the Centre’s guidelines.

Meanwhile, the UT administration has operationalised the Covid centre at Sood Dharamshala in Sector 22. The centre will be managed with a medical team from GMCH, Sector 32.