NEW DELHI : Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Friday passed an order to cancel home quarantine for positive patients in Delhi.
The order said that patients who test positive will have to spend five days of mandatory isolation after which asymptomatic patients will be sent home to recover.Delhi, which has the third highest number of cases in the country has a large number of patients recovering at home.
Of the approximately 27000 active cases in Delhi, 8500 patients are recovering at home. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government was pushing for home quarantine for patients who were asymptomatic or were showing mild symptoms to take the pressure off hospitals.According to government estimates, there are likely to be 5.5 lakh.