Covid-19: 22% active cases in UP under home quarantine

LUCKNOW: Within 10 days of the state government allowing home isolation for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, over 7,000 positive cases have availed the facility in Uttar Pradesh.
“The state has 32,649 active infections currently. Of these, 7,198 (22%) have availed the facility of home isolation, while 172 (0.5%) have opted for paid isolation at identified level-1 plus facilities,” said additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad.
He added that the break-up was being shared to encourage people for getting them tested even at the slightest doubt. “Over 80% of the patients are asymptomatic. If detected early, anyone can recover in 10-12 days. But there is a risk of complications and even death if people ignore the early signs,” he said.
Prasad said the government had made arrangements for free of cost testing and no one should hesitate in coming forward for coronavirus testing. “There is no vaccine or sure shot medicine to cure Covid-19. Testing is our only safe bet and therefore, one must not hesitate from getting screened,” he said.