<span style="color: #222222;">Health Ministry has issued revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients. As per new policy, very mild, mild and moderate patients can be discharged without COVID-19 test, subject to clinical conditions. Very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a COVID Care Facility will undergo regular temperature and pulse oximetry monitoring.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The patient can be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and no fever for 3 days. There will be no need for testing prior to discharge. The patient will be advised to follow the home isolation for further 7 days. If they develop symptoms of fever, cough or breathing difficulty again, they must contact the COVID Care Centre or State helpline or 1075.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As per the revised policy, the moderate cases will undergo monitoring of body temperature and oxygen saturation. If the fever resolves within 3 days and the patient maintains saturation above 95 percent for the next 4 days, the patient will be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset provided there is no fever or breathlessness.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Patients on oxygenation whose fever does not resolve within 3 days and demand of oxygen therapy continues will be discharged only after resolution of clinical symptoms and ability to maintain oxygen saturation for 3 consecutive days. Discharge criteria for severe cases will be based on clinical recovery and testing of patient by RT-PCR.</span><br />''  <br />