Asymptomatic Covid-19 patients in Jharkhand will now have to register online and upload necessary information on a government-run website in order to get permission for home isolation, the health department stated in a notification on Wednesday, announcing the launch of Swaraksha.nic.in, a dedicated website designed by the state government for the purpose.
The Swaraksha website, designed by the state National Informatics Centre (NIC), will allow asymptomatic Covid patients to download home isolation certificates to prove that they are eligible to stay at home despite being infected by the deadly virus.
However, in order to get the certificate, a patient will have to register on the website through his or her Specimen Referral Form (SRF) ID, a unique number which is given to every person who undergoes a Covid test. After registration, the patient will have to provide infrastructural details such as the number of rooms in the patient’s house, the number of toilets and whether the house had the facility of an oximeter.
Besides, the patient will also have to provide details of family members older than 60 years and younger than 10 years. Also, details of all family members and the comorbid conditions they were living with have to be specified while filling up the form on the website, the notification said.
Along with the SRF ID, the patient seeking home isolation will also have to provide details of the collection date of his swab and the date on which his test result was out. In case the patient is suffering from any other disease, he or she will have to mention it on the website irrespective of the nature of the disease.
Once the patient shares all the aforementioned details on the website, the district administration will decide if the patient can be allowed to stay in home isolation. The patient will be able to download the home isolation certificate from the website once the district administration scrutinizes all the details provided and grants him or her the permission to stay at home.
So far, there was no such website in Jharkhand which could provide permission for home isolation to asymptomatic patients without the hassle of having to get a certificate in writing from the authorities concerned, officials said.
As per Government data, as many as 64,456 people across Jharkhand have been infected by Covid-19 virus so far. There were 14,135 active cases of infection in the state, and a majority of the patients were asymptomatic, health officials said.