Home quarantined? What should you do to recover fast, save others from getting infected-Check new instructions from Centre

Covid 19 guidelines for home isolation: The government has come up with revised guidelines for home Isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. The decision comes as India continues to register higher Covid 19 caseload. The country on Thursday recorded a single-day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,83,76,524, while active cases crossed the 30-lakh mark. Below are the new instructions issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for home Isolation of mild /asymptomatic COVID-19 cases:  

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- Patient must isolate himself from other household members, stay in the identified room and away from other people in home, especially elderlies and those with co-morbid conditions like hypertension, cardiovascular disease, renal disease etc.  
- The patient should be kept in a well-ventilated room with cross ventilation and windows should be kept open to allow fresh air to come in.  
- Patient should at all times use triple layer medical mask. Discard mask after 8 hours of use or earlier if they become wet or visibly soiled. In the event of care giver entering the room, both care giver and patient may consider using N 95 mask.  
- Mask should be discarded only after disinfecting it with 1% Sodium Hypochlorite.  
- Patient must take rest and drink lot of fluids to maintain adequate hydration.  
- Follow respiratory etiquettes at all times.  
- Frequent hand washing with soap and water for at least 40 seconds or clean with alcohol-based sanitizer.  
- Don’t share personal items with other people in the household.  
- Ensure cleaning of surfaces in the room that are touched often (tabletops, doorknobs, handles, etc.) with 1% hypochlorite solution.  
- Self-monitoring of blood oxygen saturation with a pulse oximeter is strongly advised.  
- The patient will self-monitor his/her health with daily temperature monitoring and report promptly if any deterioration of symptom as given below is noticed.