By Aazam AmeenThe Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for what it terms “integrated home-based isolation and management of asymptomatic and mild symptomatic Covid-19 patients”, The Sunday Morning learnt. Due to the fact that the situation may escalate and overwhelm the healthcare services, the Ministry has established a home-based isolation management system which seeks to triage Covid-19 patients. This decision comes after Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi noted in Parliament that an integrated homecare-based programme for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients is expected to begin from 9 August. Earlier, The Sunday Morning reported that the capacity of the units allocated for the treatment of Covid-19 patients at hospitals had reached its limits, leaving many patients without beds. In response to photos and videos being shared on social media which depict patients lying on the floors along corridors, he stated that it was not possible to say if they were Covid-19 patients, as such patients are kept in “sealed wards”.

Source: The Nation August 07, 2021 16:30 UTC