Guidelines for home isolation issued by MOH

The Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for home isolation on Thursday, which are as follows:

• Stay in a well-ventilated single room with an attached toilet. Do not go out unless you need to visit a health care institution.
• Only one assigned family member should take care of the isolated person.
• The caregiver should wear surgical masks and use disposable gloves when attending the isolated person and should dispose of them after use, then wash hands using soap and water immediately.
• Visitors and family visits should not be allowed during isolation. Wash hands as often thoroughly with soap and water.
• Avoid sharing household items, like dishes, drinking glasses, and towels with other family members. Household items should be allocated for the isolated person.
• The isolated person should clean his room and toilet daily With shaking the soiled linen.
• Clean the clothes and other linens used by the isolated person separately and keep them away from the clothes of other people at home.
• The home isolation period is for 14 days. The isolated person should not end his isolation unless informed by health care providers who supervise him.
• The isolated person should wear surgical masks when visited by a medical team or visit a health care institution.
• Please follow the attached instructions for suitable waste management in the house.

Non-adherence to isolation procedure will make you liable to prosecution according to communicable diseases law 32/2020.