F0 can get out of the isolation place but must wear a mask and keep a distance

Specifically, according to the new Guidelines, people with COVID-19 and their caregivers or people living in the same household as someone with COVID-19 take the following infection control and infection prevention measures:

- People with COVID-19 should limit going out of isolation places. When you have to leave the isolation place, you must wear a mask and keep your distance from others .

- Caregivers or family members living in the same household always wear masks and keep their distance when having contact with people with COVID-19.

- The isolation place is kept well ventilated, limiting the use of difficult-to-clean items (stuffed animals, paper, paperboard, etc.) in this area.

- Wash or disinfect hands frequently. Disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces such as countertops, doorknobs, hand-held devices, toilets, sinks, etc., daily and when dirty.

- Classify and collect infectious waste according to regulations.

Thus, F0 treated at home should limit going out. However, it is still possible to get out of the isolation place but must wear a mask and ensure a distance from people around.

In addition, the new Guidelines also add a number of provisions as follows:

**Additional clinical criteria for F0 administered at home

According to the new Guidelines, the clinical criteria for F0 administered at home are as follows:

- Being a person with confirmed COVID-19 infection with SARS-CoV-2 by real-time RT-PCR test or antigen rapid test made by themselves or their caregivers at home or by medical staff or medical facilities perform:

Asymptomatic or mild clinical symptoms such as fever, dry cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, numbness of the tongue, diarrhea, runny nose, loss of smell, loss of taste; Normal breathing rate for age, SpO2 ≥ 96% when breathing air, no signs of dyspnea, no respiratory failure;

+ No underlying disease, or underlying disease but is being treated stably.

- As a COVID-19 patient who has been treated by a medical examination and treatment facility but has not yet met the criteria for COVID-19 recovery and has met the standards for home management, he/she will be transferred home for continued care.

(Compared to the old regulations, the criterion is added that "COVID-19 patients who have been treated by medical examination and treatment facilities but have not yet met the standards of COVID-19 recovery and met the standards of home management will be transferred back to the hospital. home for continued care”)

** Additional conditions, isolation space at home

The new guidance states: Create a separate isolation space. The isolation place must be well ventilated, not using central air conditioning; always open the window.

In addition, the isolation place should be kept well-ventilated, limiting the use of difficult-to-clean items (stuffed animals, paper, paperboard, etc.) in this area.

(Previously, Decision 261/QD-BYT did not have this provision)

Decision 604/QD-BYT takes effect from March 14, 2022; replace Decision 261/QD-BYT  dated 31/01/2022 and Decision 528/QD-BYT  dated 03/03/2022.

Jewel

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