Risks Of Ineligible Persons Undergoing Home Recovery For COVID-19 Against Advice

29 OCT 2021

Risks Of Ineligible Persons Undergoing Home Recovery For COVID-19 Against Advice

Updated on 29th October 2021

  1. COVID-19 positive individuals who have been assessed to be unsuitable for Home Recovery have been counselled on the risks associated with undergoing Home Recovery against advice, instead of going to a Community Isolation Facility, COVID-19 Treatment Facility or healthcare institution.

  2. These include medical/clinical risks such as delayed and/or incomplete investigations and medical treatment of COVID-19 disease, its severity and its complications (e.g. lung infection or sepsis resulting in multi-organ failure) in the individual.

  3. As a result, this may promote the accelerated progression of the COVID-19 disease or, if any, the individual’s pre-existing co-morbidities/medical conditions during Home Recovery, and as a consequence, result in increased morbidity and even death.

  4. If the individual is pregnant, there may also be risk to her foetus (including to the life of the foetus) if there is delayed and/or incomplete diagnosis, investigations and/or medical treatment of the COVID-19 disease.