Punjab Government on Friday issued the revised guidelinesfor Home Isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.
Giving information here, the Health Minister, Mr. BalbirSingh Sidhu said that as per the Ministry of Health Welfare GoI, patient under homeisolation will stand discharged and end isolation after at least 10 days havepassed from the onset of symptoms (or from date of sampling for asymptomatic cases)and no fever for 3 days. There is no need for testing after the home isolationperiod is over.
Health Minister said that elderly patients aged from morethan 60 years and those with co-morbid conditions such as Hypertension,Diabetes, Heart disease, Chronic lung/liver/kidney disease, Cerebro-vasculardisease etc. shall only be allowed home isolation after proper evaluation bythe treating medical officer.
Minister further said that the decision to administerRemdesivir or any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medicalprofessional and administered only in a hospital setting. He appealed to peoplethat they do not attempt to procure or administer Remdesivir at home.