Amid Mumbai’s COVID Surge, BMC Releases New Home Isolation Guidelines

Amid a rapid surge in Coronavirus cases in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday, 6 January, released new home isolation guidelines.

“BMC had issued the Home lsolation guidelines earlier, which is now revised for patients and care givers to guide them during home isolation. This guidelines are based on Government of India’s guidelines dated 5 January,” the BMC said in its circular.

As COVID cases across the country continue to spike, Mumbai reported 20,181 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the city’s active caseload to 79,260. Meanwhile, India, on Thursday, reported 90,928 new coronavirus cases, a massive jump from the 58,097 cases on Wednesday.

WHAT ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PATIENTS?

According to the BMC circular, the instructions for the patients are:

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