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cord-256719-njrjepor	Balsari, Satchit	COVID-19 care in India: the course to self-reliance	2020-08-24		.txt	text/plain	1009	70	55	The public health response to COVID-19 in India has been highly centralised, resulting in a homogenous strategy applied across a sixth of the world's population. Until April 27, 2020, national guidelines required that all symptomatic patients and families be transferred to health-care facilities and isolated away from their homes, and entire neighbourhoods be declared containment zones. 1 This strategy overwhelmed the health-care system in India's most populous cities, including Mumbai and Delhi, and precluded access for non-COVID care. Most people with COVID-19 can be cared for at home, and there is no justification for institutionalising those with mild or no symptoms. 7 India's general practitioners and community health workers, can effectively monitor a patient's vital signs at home via in-person visits or telemedicine, distribute and encourage the use of masks and soap for handwashing, advise selfpronation, and, when possible, use adjuncts like pulse oximeters. New guidelines for home isolation of people with very mild symptoms of COVID-19.	./cache/cord-256719-njrjepor.txt	./txt/cord-256719-njrjepor.txt