Positive patients with mild symptoms to be isolated at home.

Byline: Aamir Yasin and Munawer Azeem

ISLAMABAD -- The capital administration has decided that Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms will be isolated at home.

In this regard, a standard operating procedure (SOP) has been issued to ensure safety of Covid-19 patients and healthcare staff and contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The purpose of the SOP is to provide a framework for public and private hospitals, officials said, adding all hospitals were directed to adopt the SOP.

The hospital concerned will counsel the patient regarding home quarantine.

The patient has to be told to consult the hospital physician in case of worsening of the conditions.

Patients will be told to consult concerned hospital's physician in case of worsening of conditions, says capital admin

If a patient during the routine consultation with co-morbid conditions of diabetes, hypertension, angiography, dialysis, cancer treatment and organ transplant consultation turn out to be positive, the same SOP will be applied on them.

Meanwhile, the tally of the confirmed cases in the capital reached 521 from 485 while the number of suspected cases jumped to 2,037 from 1,970.

The virus spread in three new areas - F-13, G-15 and Phonlgran - and one case each was reported from there. Besides, a police recruit residing at the Aabpra police station also tested positive.

Six cases each were reported from Bhara Kahu, F-7 and I-9 while two cases each were reported from G-11 and Loi Bher and one each from Bari Imam, E-11, F-10, G-10, G-8, G-9, I-10, Rawat, Sohan and Tarlai.

The under-training constable of the capital police was was among the 1,100 recruits of the capital police and included in a batch sent to Hangu for training.

All recruits getting training in Islamabad or Hangu were sent to their hometowns after the coronavirus outbreak but later recalled to the capital to join the force to meet to shortage of manpower.

The recruit returned to the capital on April 26 and was sent to the Aabpara police station.

On Thursday, he visited a hospital and got himself tested which showed him infected with the virus.

A police officer told Dawn that six more officials at the Aabpara police station had the symptoms. Tests of these officials were also conducted but the results are awaited.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Omer Khan confirmed that the constable had tested positive and the barrack where he was residing had been sealed. Besides, tests of 20 other officials...

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