While the country is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is asking citizens to get themselves vaccinated and stay at home at all times. Not only this but home isolation is advised when partial symptoms of Covid-19 are observed in a patient. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has shared 5 tips to take care of health during home isolation.
Pakistan has asked 12 officials of the Indian High Commission (IHC) here to quarantine, along with their family members and drivers, after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus since their arrival from India last week, the Foreign Office said.
In Mumbai, railway passengers are asked to be in home isolation for 14 days, and for that they are getting stamped on their left hand with a seal saying "home quarantined".
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain actress Shubhangi Atre has tested negative for Covid-19, but continues to quarantine at home for now. The actress confirmed on Monday.
The Union Health Ministry has advised 'proning for self-care' for coronavirus patients, stating that it is extremely beneficial for such patients with compromised breathing comfort, especially during home isolation.
The Centre had earlier told the top court that its guidelines do not contain any instructions regarding affixing posters and signage outside the homes of COVID-19 patients, and there cannot be any stigma attached to it.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that some states on their own are pursuing this practice to prevent the spread of the virus.
Covid-19 patients violating home isolation instructions in Punjab will have to shell out Rs 5,000 as fine, as per the new guidelines announced on Thursday by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
Such patients have to ensure that their neighbours and housing societies have no objection to their home quarantine, there are no elderly persons in the family and they have a private physician to check their health condition every three hours, he said.
AAP MLA Raghav Chadha on Centre's decision of compulsory institutional quarantine for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients said that people in Delhi are scared of this decision and therefore they are not willing to get tested.
All asymptomatic passengers who enter in Delhi shall home quarantine themselves for seven days, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said on Wednesday.
Days after announcing 10 hotels, including two premium hotels, in the city will offer paid stay to those eligible for home quarantine, the Delhi government on Sunday clarified only eight hotels will be offering the facility.
Recently, a horse ferried its owner from Kashmir to Rajouri district of the Jammu region, following which he was isolated from the rest of the animals and placed under "home quarantine".
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced that people coming to the state by travelling in domestic flights, trains, and buses will be asked to undergo compulsory home quarantine for 14-days.
Coronavirus in India: According to a new set of guidelines issued on Monday, the patient should be clinically assigned as a very mild case or pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer.
Vinodbhai Purushottambhai Chaurasia was put on quarantine on March 20. Police said his quarantine period ended on Friday and the coronavirus test reports were negative.
While on duty, a police officer in Madhya Pradesh decided to aware the public about precautions against coronavirus in a unique way by singing popular Bollywood song.
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