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Assam to encourage house isolation for covid patients

Guwahati: The Ministry of Health Assam has asked the district authority to encourage Covid-19 patients to remain in house isolation in the third wave.
When Omicron can encourage the number of positive cases in a few weeks, officials at the Ministry of Health say house isolation will be pushed this time unlike the previous two waves.
Although the severity of the disease has been moderated in the third wave so far and only one death was reported on Sunday, the level of spiral is 6.48% from 3.73% on Saturday.
In Kamrup (Metro), the level of participants almost doubled 11.01% on Sundays from 6.47% on Saturday.
On Sundays, everyday cases reached 988 of the 15,238 tests.
However, Kamrup (Metro) which includes Guwahati, is detected 490 or around 50% of the total cases reported on Sunday.
“General guidelines are that we have to allow home isolation in a very controlled and positive way.
It will not be a limiting but the facilitative this time,” National Health Mission, Assam, Director Dr.
Lakshmanan was told toi here on Sunday.
“Many patients already exist in home insulation.
Coordination or reporting district level on time will be the key.
The strategy is to keep a hospital bed for serious patients,” he added.
While in two previous waves, all positive patients were encouraged to be accepted at the Covid treatment center or hospital, whenever needed, the spread of eryikron faster and rapidly rising daily cases had forced the health department to rethink its policy.
Under 19 police stations in Kamrup (Metro), because many teams have been formed to take patient stock in house isolation.
Until Sunday, there were 1,690 active cases in Kamrup (Metro).
Of these, 1,292 patients (76%) were in house isolation, while 398 was in the hospital and the Covid Sarusaja treatment center.
The source said considering the increase in the number of cases in Greater Guwahati, the second covid treatment center in the city will be immediately reactivated.
Minister of Health State Keshab Mahanta recently told the media that under the Medical Medical Unit of Gaahati and the units managed by the hospital, 1,503 beds were ready.
However, given the spiral load in Kamrup (Metro), where more than 2,500 cases have been detected in the last 10 days, the hospital bed crisis is close, if the number of symptomatic patients rises.
“The district with a larger district headquarters, the larger district shows a higher casel, as expected.
This includes kumprup, Jorhat, Cachar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sonitpur.
Riverine Island District in Majuli only reported two Covid cases in the last 10 days , “said a health department official.
The State Health Department, in his SOP was issued on Saturday night, stating that patients under house isolation would stand back and end isolation after at least seven days of positive testing, if there were no fever for three consecutive days and they would continue to wear.
mask.
However, they will continue to be under quarantine at home for seven more days.
“No need to retest after the house isolation period is finished,” it was clarified.

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