Chennai residents purchasing paracetamol and antibiotics to be tracked Updated: Updated: Move aims to curb self-treatment of COVID-19 at home; non-compliant pharmacies will be penalised Share Article AAA Proper care: Patients with fever for more than five days will be taken to care centres or other tertiary-care hospitals.
Move aims to curb self-treatment of COVID-19 at home; non-compliant pharmacies will be penalised Following cases of “self-treatment” at home for COVID-19, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has directed all pharmacies in the city to send daily details of residents who purchase paracetamol and antibiotics. The civic agency is taking measures to facilitate the isolation of such patients and admit them in COVID-19 Care Centres, if required. According to a Corporation official, pharmacies that fail to send details will be penalised. The phone number and name of the residents should be e-mailed to the civic agency by the pharmacy on the day of purchase of the medicine. Corporation officials will call such residents over the phone, fix appointments and send teams for testing at their doorsteps.