KARACHI:Sindh Health Department has issued an advisory for healthcare providers and law enforcement agencies (LEAS).
It has been noted that the patients declared COVID-19 positive are being forcefully shifted either to hospitals or field isolation centers: therefore, looking into the inconvenience of the patients and their relatives, the following advisory has been issued.
The every COVID-19 positive case will be at his liberty to be isolated either at home or isolation centre, none will be forcefully shifted to isolation centre, if proper space is available in his/her residence and the patient or the family members agree to his/her home isolation and COVID-19 positive patient is bound to strictly observe the SOPs narrated/ explained by the health care providers for home isolation. In case of any violation that exposes the community to the infection, then the patient will be shifted to isolation centre.