Omicron positive but no symptoms? No need to isolate for 10 days, expert says
Dr Harsh Mahajan, the founder and chief radiologist at Mahajan Imaging also said that all sub-variants of Omicron can be detected by the RT-PCR test.
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Dr Harsh Mahajan, the founder and chief radiologist at Mahajan Imaging also said that all sub-variants of Omicron can be detected by the RT-PCR test.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued guidelines for asymptomatic or mild Covid patients who can be treated in home isolation so that hospital beds are occupied with Covid patients having severe symptoms only. As per BMC, 85 percent of the daily cases reported in the city on Thursday are asymptomatic.
According to the new guidelines, issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, a patient under home isolation will stand discharged after 7 days from testing positive.
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 164.6mn The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 164.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.41 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 164,600,910 and 3,412,920, respectively. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 33,025,606 and 587,843, respectively, according to the CSSE. In terms of infecti...