The AIIMS has given guidelines on Covid-19 management in home isolation at a recent training session for 14 experts from tertiary care centres across the country. In his presentation, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Saurabh Mittal, highlighted how home isolation helps free hospital space and contain spread of disease.

It was noted that only patients having mild disease, in which there are only upper respiratory tract symptoms and no shortness of breath, are recommended for home isolation, but the decision about whether it is mild will be taken by a doctor. The availability of requisite facility with attached separate bathroom at the residence is necessary for self-isolation.