New Delhi, August 9: An official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday clarified that the COVID-19 test of Home Minister Amit Shah has not been conducted so far. The Home Minister had tested positive for the infectious disease on August 2. He took to Twitter and informed that he got himself tested for coronavirus after "initial signs" of the disease. He said that he is fine but is getting admitted to a hospital on advice of doctors.
According to the ICMR bulletin, a patient can be discharged after 10 days of symptoms onset and no fever for three days. The doctors treating the patient should make sure that all clinical parameters of the patients are within normal limits. Moreover, the policy states that there will be no need for testing prior to discharge. "They (doctors) advised discharge as per the ICMR policy dated May 8, 2020, wherein patients can be discharged after 10 days of symptoms onset and no fever for three days. There will be no need for testing prior to discharge," the bulletin said. .
Here's the tweet by MHA:
When the Home Minister had tested positive for COVID-19, he had urged everyone who has come in contact with him in recent days to self-isolate and get themselves tested. According to the protocol of contact tracing, those who came in contact with him recently, particularly the last 10 days, will be asked to undergo COVID-19 tests.
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