The Health Ministry will not allow home-based care for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms just yet because Kenyans are indisciplined. Initially, the plan by the government was to adopt home-based care for patients with mild symptoms. The plan was to avoid congestion in healthcare facilities should the numbers go beyond what the hospitals can handle. Where feasible, a trained health care worker should conduct an assessment to verify whether the residential setting is suitable for providing care. Such patients with mild symptoms must only be released from home isolation after testing negative twice from samples collected at least 24 hours apart.

Source: The Star May 06, 2020 04:41 UTC