A healthcare worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab sample from a woman amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India. REUTERS / Anushree Fadnavis
The ministry’s recommendations include daily yoga practice, morning or evening walks, and eating chyawanprash with warm water or milk.
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India’s COVID-19 count surpassed 47 lakh with 94,372 new infections reported in one day, while 37.02,595 people have recovered bringing the national recovery rate to 77.88 percent, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday. Health.
With the increase in recoveries, the Union Ministry of Health also issued a new set of ‘Post-Covid-19 Management Protocol’ for patients who have recovered from the virus. The ministry’s recommendations include daily yoga practice, morning or evening walks, and eating chyawanprash with warm water or milk.
The Ministry of Health also encouraged eating a balanced nutritious diet, preferably easy-to-digest freshly cooked foods and herbal remedies, such as ‘Ayush Kwath’, ‘Samshamani vati’, ‘mulethi powder’ and warm milk with haldi powder. . The behavior also asked people to avoid drinking alcohol or using tobacco products.
Sharing the four-page list of suggestions, the Health Ministry tweeted: “A holistic approach is required for the follow-up care and well-being of all patients in recovery post-Covid.”
The total number of recoveries rose to 37,02,595 in India.
Here are the ministry’s suggestions for post-Covid follow-up care
At the individual level
- Continue with the use of a mask, hand and respiratory hygiene and practice physical distancing.
- Drink an adequate amount of warm water.
- Take AYUSH medicine that promotes immunity.
- Regular housework can be done if health permits. Professional work should be resumed in a staggered manner.
- A mild to moderate form of exercise, such as Yogasana, Pranayama, and
- Meditation, breathing exercises, and daily walks in the morning or evening, whenever health permits.
- Balanced and nutritious diet.
- Adequate sleep and rest.
- Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption.
- Take regular medications for Covid and also to control comorbidities, as recommended by doctors.
- Check temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar, pulse, etc. at home.
- For persistent dry cough / sore throat, gargle with saline and inhale steam.
- Look for warning signs like a high fever, shortness of breath, weakness, or unexplained chest pain.
At the community level
- Recovered patients should share their positive experiences using social media, community leaders, opinion leaders, and religious leaders to raise awareness, dispel myths and stigmas.
- Support community self-help groups, civil society organizations and qualified professionals for the recovery and rehabilitation process.
- Seek psychosocial support from your peers, community health workers, counselor.
- If necessary, find a mental health support service.
- Participate in group sessions of yoga, meditation, etc., taking all due precautions such as physical distancing.
In sanitary facilities
- The first follow-up visit should be within 7 days of discharge, preferably at the hospital where you received the treatment.
- Subsequent treatment may be with the nearest qualified medical center / allopathic physician / AYUSH from other systems of medicine.
- Patients in home isolation should visit the nearest health center if they complain of persistent symptoms.
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