Monkeypox in Delhi: Separate isolation rooms to be set up in 6 hospitals amid rising cases
India | Aug 02, 2022, 11:43 PM ISTMonkeypox: Twenty of these rooms have been set up at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital.
Monkeypox: Twenty of these rooms have been set up at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital.
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Mandavia said the government’s e-Sanjeevani telemedicine system has provided services to more than 2.6 crore beneficiaries where people can seek medical advice from the confines of their homes.
Dr Harsh Mahajan, the founder and chief radiologist at Mahajan Imaging also said that all sub-variants of Omicron can be detected by the RT-PCR test.
If you have been in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, the urge to meet a loved can be very strong. However, it is important to know the correct time period before you can get back to normal scheme of things and not put those around you at the risk of virus exposure.
Patients aged above 60yrs & those with comorbidities will only be allowed home isolation after a proper doctor's evaluation.
It was noted that only patients having mild disease, in which there are only upper respiratory tract symptoms and no shortness of breath, are recommended for home isolation, but the decision about whether it is mild will be taken by a doctor.
Flight crew members who are asymptomatic but test positive for COVID-19 need to undergo home isolation for 10 days and once it is over, they can be declared fit for flying again by their medical supervisor, according to aviation regulator DGCA.
The guidelines come against India's rising COVID-19 tally to 6,04,641 on Thursday, with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the 5 lakh-mark.
The Delhi government on Friday released a video explaining the process of home isolation and the precautions patients, caregivers and neighbours need to take.
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