NEW DELHI: The health ministry has come up with guidelines for home isolation of people who either have very mild coronavirus symptoms or are in the pre-symptomatic phase. Such patients with requisite self-isolation facility at their residence will now have the option for home isolation.So far, all suspected cases are quarantined in a hospital setting.According to the the new guidelines, home isolation would require availability of a caregiver to provide care on a 24x7 basis. A communication link between the caregiver and hospital is a prerequisite for the entire duration of home isolation. The caregiver and all close contacts of such cases should take hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis as per protocol and as prescribed by the treating medical officer.“According to the existing guidelines, during the containment phase, the patients should be clinically assigned as very mild/mild, moderate or severe and accordingly admitted to Covid Care Centre, Dedicated Covid Health Centre or Dedicated Covid Hospital, respectively,” the ministry said in its new guidelines.