Now, home isolation applicable in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Punjab government has allowed home isolation for positive patients, who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. According to the district magistrate’s order, now it has been allowed in Ludhiana district as well.
Deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma said, “An officer of the rank of executive magistrate will verify whether the residence of the patient seeking home isolation is suitable for home isolation or not. For this purpose 26 officers are appointed as special executive magistrate who are working agriculture development officers in seven sub divisions to be supervised by designated sub-divisional magistrates.”
Dr Ramesh Bhagat, district epidemiologist will coordinate with special executive magistrates and seek verification report wherever any application for home isolation is received.
The state government had issued the guidelines for home isolation — patients should have separate room along with individual toilet facility. The person should stay in his or her room only. The utensils used by him or her should be cleaned by soap. Even the cloths and all equipment utilised by the positive resident eed to be cleaned properly.
Civil surgeon, Dr Ramesh Bagga said, “Residents having mild symptoms can take treatment at home, but those showing serious symptoms like high fever should need to immediately contact a medical officer.”
"The caretaker should need to ensure that the positive patient has not contracted any serious symptoms related to Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The used mask should be destroyed properly and the person should need to give affidavit for it "