NEW DELHI : The Ministry of Health and Family welfare(MoHFW) filed an affidavit in Supreme court declaring that the quarantined period of doctors and health workers needs to be treated as ‘on duty’ amidst covid-19 pandemic.The Supreme Court on 31 July had asked the Centre to ensure that the salaries of doctors and health workers involved in covid-19 duty are paid on time and their mandatory quarantine is not treated as leave.The MoHFW submitted in its affidavit that post consultation with Department of Personnel and Training and government of India it has taken the decision to treat quarantine period as ‘on duty’ for doctors.The government in its affidavit stated that persons with high risk exposure to the virus while performing COVID duty.