Govt issues guidelines for notifying COVID-19 affected persons by private institutions
New Delhi, Mar 19: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued fresh guidelines for notifying COVID-19 affected persons by private healthcare institutions.
The Ministry stated that "it is of utmost importance that each and every case (suspects/confirmed) of COVID-19 is isolated and provided appropriate treatment and their contacts are traced at the earliest to break the chain of transmission."
Guidelines to the states:
In the wake of prevailing COVID-19 situation and in order to strengthen the containment measures, it is utmost important that each and every case (suspects/confirmed) of COVID-19 is isolated and provided appropriate treatment and their contacts are traced at the earliest to break the chain of transmission. It is important that the support and cooperation of private sector is enlisted , in this regard.
Therefore, it shall be mandatory for all hospitals (Government and Private), Medical officers in Government health institutions and registered Private Medical Practitioners including AYUSH Practitioners, to notify such person(s) with COVID-19 affected person to concerned district surveillance unit. All practitioners shall also get the self-declaration forms, who, within their knowledge, are having travel history of COIVD-19 affected countries as per the extant guidelines and are falling under the case definition of COVID-19 (Suspect/Case)
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In case the person has any such history in the last 14 days and is symptomatic as per case definition of COIVD-19, the person must be isolated in the hospital and will be tested for COVID-19 as per protocol.
Information of all such cases should be given to the State helpline number (list enclosed) and also to nation helpline 1075. Email may also be sent at ncov2019 @gov.in.
Helpline numbers:
States
1
Andhra
Pradesh
0866-2410978
2
Arunachal
Pradesh
9536055743
3
Assam
6913347770
4
Bihar
104
5
Chhattisgarh
077122-35091
6
Goa
104
7
Gujarat
104
8
Haryana
8558893911
9
Himachal
Pradesh
104
10
Jharkhand
104
11
Karnataka
104
12
Kerala
0471-2552056
13
Madhya
Pradesh
0755-2527177
14
Maharashtra
020-26127394
15
Manipur
3852411668
16
Meghalaya
108
17
Mizoram
102
18
Nagaland
7005539653
19
Odisha
9439994859
20
Punjab
104
21
Rajasthan
0141-2225624
22
Sikkim
104
23
Tamil
Nadu
044-29510500
24
Telangana
104
25
Tripura
0381-2315879
26
Uttar
Pradesh
18001805145
27
Uttarakhand
104
28
West
Bengal
3323412600
Union Territory (UT)
1
Andaman
&
Nicobar
Islands
03192-232102
2
Chandigarh
9779558282
3
D
&
N
Haveli
104
Daman
&
Diu
104
4
Delhi
011-22307145
5
Jammu
1912520982
Kashmir
0194-2440383
6
Ladakh
01982-256462
7
Lakshdweep
04896-263742
8
Puducherry
104