Mumbai: BMC on Thursday released house isolation guidelines for positive patients asymptomatic or mild covid in the background of rapid surge in cases in the city.
Officials said this guideline was also to ensure that hospital beds were only used by patients who had severe symptoms.
However, the Civic’s body clarified that those who could not isolate themselves at home, will continue to be quarantined in the BMC isolation facility.
The Civic Body guide came in the middle of January 5 so it was possible for patients with Covid-19 which was lightweight or asymptomatic to home isolates for seven days.
“Over the past two years, it has been seen globally and in India that the majority of Covid-19-19 cases are asymptomatic or have very light symptoms.
Such cases usually recover with minimal intenventions, and therefore can be managed at home under the right medical guidance .
These guidelines apply to patients Covid-19 which has been assessed clinically and was assigned as a mild case / asymptomatic Covid-19, “said the head of BMC is Chahal.
The revised guidelines stated that they were with severe symptoms such as chest congestion, fever did not go down even though three days passed or had oxygen levels below 93 require medical attention and can be accepted at the Covid Hospital.
However, patients with isolated at home will need caregivers to be present all the time which according to BMC is ideally a person who is fully vaccinated.
This person must be a relationship between medical officers and positive patients.
Also, those who have a comority will be permitted to house isolation but the decision will be taken on the basis of medical evaluation.
Home isolation will not apply to pregnant women hoping to deliver in two weeks, the Civic body said.
A BMC senior official said there was a plan to have 300 doctors in all war neighborhood spaces that would provide medical assistance to mild symptomatic or asymptomatic patients.
“This will help us with better bed management at the hospital,” said an official.
Meanwhile, BMC also allows home isolation for close contact positive patients to be tested on the seventh day only if symptoms occur.
Following the central government’s orders, BMC said patients under house isolation will survive and end isolation after at least seven days have passed from positive testing and without fever for three consecutive days, and will continue to wear a mask.
No need to retest after the period of the house isolation is over.