GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has decided to reduce the home quarantine period of the COVID-19 patients after discharge from the hospital to 7 days.
Earlier, the home quarantine period was for 14 days.
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Further, the state government will also not provide the essential items worth Rs. 2000 which was earlier provided to the patients after discharge excluding the people living under BPL, elderly people, ailing and to the Divyangan.
Taking to his Twitter handle Assam Health Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, "With the evolving situation, Govt of Assam has decided to reduce the home quarantine period after discharge from hospital to 7 days. As such we will not provide essential items worth Rs 2000/ except to the families living under BPL, elderly people, ailing and to Divyangjan."
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