New Delhi: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued new guidelines for sealing of buildings in Mumbai in view of rising COVID cases. The guidelines will come into effect from Tuesday.
“With the continuous threat and detection of variant of concern (VOC) of COVID-19 cases in the city of Mumbai in the last few days. omicron Suggesting an increase in transmission, the earlier guidelines for sealed buildings issued on March 1, 2021 have been modified,” said the copy of the order, according to news agency ANI.
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If the building or wing has more than 20 per cent of the number of flats occupied by COVID-19 patients, then the entire building or a wing will be sealed.
The BMC rules further mention that the patients and contacts shall strictly follow the extant guidelines of home isolation and hygiene etiquette during home quarantine.
A patient should be isolated (in case of symptoms) for at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms/tests
The patient should not have fever for three consecutive days before coming out of isolation.
As per the new BMC guidelines, high-risk contacts will be home quarantined for seven days.
5 to 7 days or immediately if symptomatic and further protocols are followed depending on the test result.
Full care will be taken by the building management committees to ensure the supply of food, medicines and essential commodities to the families in the quarantine.
The decision to de-ceiling the building/wing may be taken at the concerned ward level.
The number of highly communicable strains in the country has reached 1892, with Maharashtra recording the highest number of cases. India witnessed 37,379 new COVID cases, 11,007 cured and 124 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra on Monday recorded 12,160 new coronavirus cases, 283 more than the previous day and 11 new deaths, the state health department said, while the active tally crossed the 50,000-mark.
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