Covid-19 quarantine period now 10 days: DGHS
30 January 2022, 06:13 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 05:23 am
Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) has fixed the Coronavirus-related quarantine period 10 days instead of 14 days considering the current infection rate.
Professor Dr Nazmul Islam, a DGHS spokesperson, came up with the assertion while briefing on the coronavirus situation virtually on Sunday.
He added: “If a person tests positive, we will ask for 10-day isolation. Once fever and other symptoms are over, the infected person can go back to work after 10 days.”
Previously, an RT PCR certificate was a must (for rejoining work at the office), but now the order has been kept withheld, said Dr Nazmul said.
About the symptoms of the Omicron variant, he said if anyone is suffering from a runny nose, headache, sneezing, sore throat, and coughing, he/she must get tested.
He added: “If anyone has fever accompanied by convulsion and hoarse voice then the person must visit a doctor.”
