: All You Need To Know About Home Isolation Home isolation is recommended for patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms and do not have any co-morbidities Banned for talkin By – Shachi Sutaria 20 Aug 2020 9:00 AM As India inches closer to reporting 3 million cases, several people who tested positive for COVID-19 are advised home isolation as opposed to getting admitted in any COVID-19 care facilities. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued specific guidelines for both home quarantine as well as home isolation. Home isolation is after a person tests positive and is asked to continue treatment from home. Quarantine on the other hand, is for people who have either recently travelled, or are contacts of positive people and are likely to have been exposed to the virus but are not confirmed to be positive. They are asked to follow strict social distancing norms. In quarantine, minimal movement around the house is permitted, but in isolation the person is expected to stay within a confined space even within the house. In Mumbai, at the beginning of the pandemic, when the cases increased in the slum areas, several positive patients were sent to COVID-19 care centres. After contact tracing, the people at risk were sent to special quarantine facilities. As the number increased in the buildings, the instances of COVID-19 home isolation, increased. On August 19, Mumbai issued additional home isolation guidelines stating that people over the age of 50 will not be allowed home isolation. “This decision was taken to reduce Mumbai’s mortality rate as people with or without co-morbidities in the age group above 50 have been more vulnerable to succumbing to the disease,” said Dr. Mangala Gomare, Executive Health Officer, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Also Read:COVID-19 Outbreak: Difference Between Quarantine And Isolation “Individuals who are asymptomatic, or exhibiting mild and moderate symptoms and have the feasibility and space to be isolated at home, are asked to isolate themselves from their families at home,” said Dr. Daksha Shah, Deputy Executive Health Officer, BMC. The BMC follows the Centre’s guidelines while assessing whether a particular individual should follow home isolation or should be sent to an available facility. “As soon as we are notified of a case, the medical officers of the health posts from the specific wards visit with a team and take a detailed medical history. Even if a person does not have co-morbidities, we suggest institutional isolation if others in the family have any health issues,” explained Dr.Shah. Home isolation was also debated in Delhi in the month of June. While the Kejriwal government wanted home isolation for positive COVID-19 patients, the Governor, Lt. Anil Baijal had issued an order that every positive patient irrespective of whether they were asymptomatic, or exhibited mild/moderate symptoms had to visit a COVID-19 care facility. The Kejriwal government was not in support of this rule as they thought it would put an additional strain on the health facilities. After deliberations, this order was scrapped and the Governor issued an order to permit home isolation. In a statement the LG’s office wrote, “for those who test positive through RT-PCR Test, the patient shall be allowed home isolation if, as per the assessment of Home Isolation team sent by the District Surveillance Officer (DSO), the patient is mild/pre-symptomatic/asymptomatic and has a residence of two rooms or a separate room and a separate toilet for the patient. He/she will be provided a contact number for any consultation required by him along with details of CATS Ambulance call number for transfer to hospital in case symptoms develop.” Ministry Rules For Home Isolation The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued specific guidelines for home isolation which includes the following points: -The person should be clinically assigned as a very mild/pre-symptomatic/asymptomatic case by the treating medical officer. -Should have the requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation and also for quarantining the family contacts. – Should not be immuno-compromised (HIV, Transplant recipients, Cancer therapy etc) – Should be less than 60 years – Should not have any co-morbid conditions such as Hypertension, Diabetes, Heart disease, Chronic lung/liver/ kidney disease, Cerebro-vascular disease etc. They shall only be allowed home isolation after proper evaluation by the treating medical officer. – Should have a care giver who could connect with the hospital for the entire duration of home isolation. The patients are asked to fill an undertaking on self-isolation and follow home quarantine rules. The positive individuals have to wear a triple- layered mask which should be changed every 8 hours and stay isolated in a designated area far away from the other members of the house. Following basic hand hygiene, along with cleaning surfaces that they touch is another home isolation guideline. The patients are also expected to download the Aarogya Setu app. Along with this, the individuals are asked to self- monitor their health by monitoring their temperature daily. The medical officers are expected to follow up with the patients and track symptoms. “If at any time during the home isolation, the medical officer feels that the health of the person is deteriorating or that there are chances of them transmitting the virus, the medical officer will ask the person to move into any of the institutions,” concluded Dr. Shah. After a period of 10 days, if the symptoms subside, the patients are expected to further quarantine for 7 days. An RT-PCR test is not mandatory to check if the patient has tested negative. Also Read:Misleading Anti-Mask Video By Indian Youth Goes Viral Updated On: 20 Aug 2020 5:23 PM COVID-19 COVID-19 Pandemic Coronavirus home isolation COVID-19 India covid-19 explained (BOOM is now available across social media platforms. For quality fact check stories, subscribe to our Telegram and WhatsApp channels. You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Linkedin .) BOOM’s WhatsApp Helpline Need Help To Verify An Image Or A Video? Send It To Us On +91 77009 06588 Boom is now available on Telegram Click here to read our latest fact check stories and other updates. ADVERTISEMENT More News Appearing For JEE? Here Are All The Rules You Need To Follow Sequel To Plandemic Movie Falsely Claims Coronavirus Is Man-made New COVID-19 Strain Detected In Malaysia? 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These are applicable for BE/ B.Tech, B. Plann and B.Arch. The NTA issued a four-page admit card for the JEE aspirants with detailed guidelines about precautions to be taken for COVID-19 management. The aspirants have to self-declare that they are COVID-19 free on the first page of their admit cards. BOOM accessed the admit card issued by the NTA which outlines all the steps that the students have to follow. The students are expected to carry their own personal hand sanitizers. The rules for NEET will be issued with the NEET admit cards in the last week of August. Around 16.84 lakh aspirants have registered for the NEET exams. Earlier, the rooms and the lab numbers that the student is expected to appear the exam in would be displayed on a notice board at the centre. To avoid overcrowding and follow social distance rules, the QR codes on the admit cards will be scanned and the student will be escorted to the respective lab room. Also Read:NEP 2020: Home Language Vs English, And The New Three-Language Formula The guidelines have been divided into pre-exam, during exam and post-exam rules to be followed. Pre-Exam Guidelines Students are expected to reach the exam centres an hour and a half before their scheduled exam timings. In a self-declaration, they are expected to tick any symptoms that they may have observed in the two weeks before their examinations. They are also expected to share if they have been in close proximity of any COVID-19 patient as well as if they have travelled to any cities before arriving to the the city where the Centre is located. If the authorities at the centre deem that the student could be exhibiting any symptoms, they could deny entry into the premises as per the MOFHW COVID-19 guidelines. The candidate can only sign this declaration in the presence of an invigilator at the centre. If the student is accompanied by a scribe, the scribe should also fill the undertaking. 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Examples of Contranyms

Bound

Are you stuck in one place or springing forward? Bound can mean tied up or restrained, but it can also refer to heading to a destination, as in, “I’m homeward bound.”

Transparent

Once you recognize the two opposite meanings of this word, you can’t unsee it. Transparent can refer to something that completely see through, or even invisible, such as a glass window. Yet it can also refer to something plainly obvious, like a piece of salacious news or a key fact. It’s so obvious that it’s transparent.

Fine

The most opulent and luxurious items in the world may be described as fine – fine furs, fine furniture, and fine silks, for example. But a satisfactory or just good enough performance may be deemed “fine” with a dismissive shrug.

Buckle

Fasten up or fall apart with this two-sided contronym. We tend to “buckle up” when securing ourselves in, like in a vehicle. But in a moment of weakness, our knees may buckle and cause us to collapse.

Screen

This one’s a bit of hide and seek. You may screen off something you want to keep private, or screen someone’s phone calls. We also use “screen” to highlight big, public displays, like announcing you’re going to screen your new movie for an audience. You definitely don’t want to mix up the two.

First Degree

Legally and medically, this phrase is used in opposite ways. In a murder case, first degree refers to the most severe type of charge. But with a burn, first degree is the mildest form. Maybe you got a light sunburn, or you touched a hot pan.

Custom

When you’re trying to make a custom order, you’re probably thinking one-of-a-kind or bespoke. Yet “custom” also applies to the everyday customs, habits, and hobbies many of us practice, making this word extraordinarily ordinary.

Throw Out

Are you coming or going? We may throw out an idea as a way to introduce something to a group. And if it’s not well-received? That same group may throw it out and never think of it again.

Clip

You might be used to clipping things in – seatbelts, carabiners, or backpacks. But other folks will tell you that clipping is all about taking things out – like hair or nails.

Finished

No matter which way you slice it, this word refers to something that’s done – but in two different senses. Something could be finished, as in completed or whole, like the draft of a novel, or building a house. But it can also refer to something that’s destroyed or over – like a relationship.

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What idiom refers to the unpredictability of life?

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Today’s Inspirational Quote:

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

— George Carlin

Did you know…

… the first race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world’s most famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500. In that first five-mile race, 12,000 spectators watched Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win with an average speed of 57.4 miles per hour. Trivia fans: Today, it takes a driver forty seconds to negotiate one full lap at a speed of exactly 225 miles per hour.