The present guidelines are in addition to guidelines on appropriate management of suspect/confirmed case of COVID-19 issued by MoHFW on 7th April, 2020. All suspected (awaiting test results) and confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease are currently being isolated and managed in a hospital setting with the intent to break the chain of transmission. As per existing guidelines, during the containment phase the patients should be clinically assigned as very mild/mild, moderate or severe and accordingly admitted to (i) COVID Care Center, (ii) Dedicated COVID Health Center or (iii) Dedicated COVID Hospital respectively. However, very mild/presymptomatic patients having the requisite facility at his/her residence for self-isolation will have the option for home isolation.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/guidelines-home-isolation-very-mildpre-symptomatic-covid-19-cases
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/GuidelinesforHomeIsolationofverymildpresymptomaticCOVID19cases.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coronavirus
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-healthy-and-family-welfare