The Union Health Ministry has issued revised guidelines for home isolation of people who either have very mild coronavirus symptoms or are in the pre-symptomatic phase.
It reiterated that such patients with requisite self-isolation facility at their residence will have the option for home isolation. Eligibility As per the eligibility for home isolation, the person should be clinically assigned as a very mild case/pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer.
The ministry said that such cases should have the requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation and also for quarantining the family contacts. "A caregiver should be available to provide care on a 24x7 basis.