State govt allows home isolation for all willing patients from 10 August

August 9: Till now, the aspect of home isolation in case of COVID-19 positive patients was a very tough matter requiring to satisfy a lot number of conditions. However, in a tweet on Sunday, State Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma declared, “From tomorrow, we will provide patient preferring to stay in home isolation a pulse oximeter and first-line supportive medicine completely free in Guwahati City. We have also activated the Tele Medicine service for them through 104. will expand it further to other places soon.”

From tomorrow, we will provide patient preferring to stay in home isolation a pulse oximeter and first-line supportive medicine completely free in Guwahati City. We have also activated the Tele Medicine service for them through 104. will expand it further to other places soon.

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 9, 2020