Odisha govt has allowed home isolation of mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients

Bhubaneswar: 13/7/20: Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy today held a press brief on ongoing coronavirus situation and informed that the state govt has allowed home isolation of asymptomatic, mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients.

Here is the guidelines for home isolation of COVID-19 positive cases:

1. All COVID-19 positive cases, who are asymptomatic/ have mild symptoms and have no co-morbidities, in Urban areas including Urban Local Bodies Area, District, Sub-division and Block Headquarter Towns shall be allowed home isolation, subject to an assessment of the availability of individual room & toilet in the home of the person and following all protocols for home isolation laid out by Department of H&FW, Govt. of Odisha. The Ward Nodal Officer/ GP Nodal Officer shall be responsible for the assessment.
2. Such person who is allowed home isolation shall undertake to abide by all guidelines of the H&FW Dept as issued from time to time and shall mandatorily report about his condition to the appropriate authorities on a daily basis.
3. For such person, the household shall nominate a Care Giver who shall
   agree to undertake an online/ web-based training module on COVID-19 management protocols, Safety of the self, household, and the patient besides Dos and Don’ts.
4. H&FW Department shall develop a simple training module for the COVID +ve person and Caregivers in both Odia and English. Further, the Department shall develop a brochure/ leaflet on the subject which will be given to the Person and his/ her caregiver to follow.
5. District Authorities shall affix a poster in front of his/ her house stating
   that the house is under Home Isolation.
6. In case the person develops any symptom requiring medical support/
   guidance, he/ she shall not directly go to any Hospital – Public or Private but shall contact 104 Helpline and follow their advice.
7. State Government’s Outbound Call Centre shall monitor all such cases from time to time. In case the person doesn’t respond to such calls or his/ her mobile is found to be switched off, Local Administration shall be alerted by the Call Centre and the Local Administration shall physically check such person.
8. In case of violations of guidelines or instructions of authorities, the
   permission for home isolation shall be withdrawn and the person shall be then sent to a Government-run facility.
9. The COVID-19 isolation facilities, namely COVID Care Centres (CCC)
   COVID Health Centres (CHC) created by State Government will be primarily used for housing those COVID-19 suspect/ positive cases who do not have required infrastructure for home isolation