Eligibility for Home-based Isolation and Care
Who is Eligible for HBIC?
Patients must meet all of the following criteria in order to be eligible for HBIC for COVID:
- Confirmed COVID-19 cases who have no symptoms or with mild symptoms.
- Patient must be willing to self-isolate and adhere to recommended precautions.
- Well controlled comorbidities or absence of comorbidities such as but not limited to Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, and Chronic obstructive airway disease.
- A patient that shows symptomatic improvement in the health facility-based treatment centre with mild or no symptoms for consecutive 48 hours.
- Having a suitable caregiver if the patient is paediatric + minor (<18) & geriatric (>65) age group, disabled, psychiatric or anyone with mental disability.