Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has come out with a set of new guidelines for travelers who come to state from abroad and also new testing guidelines for patients who come to hospital.
In accordance with the new protocol, international travelers who come for a period of residence under seven days do not need to undergo quarantine.
If they are detected covid positive, they will report to the nearest health institution.
According to the new testing guidelines, Covid tests need to be done only for patients who have symptoms that indicate Covid and patients whose treatment requires Covid status assessment according to the decision of a treating doctor.
The new guideline said that there needs to be one entry point in the victim and OP for all patients.
There must be a special area to serve patients who are present specifically with covid-related symptoms.
51,887 new cases, TPR at 42.8%: The state on Tuesday reported 51,887 cases from 1.21,048 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The test level of the test touched 42.86%.
With 142 deaths again in the past few days it was recorded as Covid death and 1,063 deaths added from the appeal received, the total death had become 55,600.
The total active case has increased to 3,67,847, where 3.2% of people are received both to hospitals or to other treatment centers.
At the same time, 40,383 patients had recovered from the virus.
From new cases, 47,612 cases have been infected through local contacts and unknown sources in 3,602 cases.
Ernakulam reported the number of cases of 9,331 highest followed by Thrissur 7.306, T’puram 6,231, Kozhikode 552.
Covid-19: Kerala Govt sets a new guide for international travelers
