Quarantine period extended in TSNo tests for asymptomatic secondary contacts who will now be quarantined for 28 days

Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and Director General of Police Mahender Reddy at a containment zone in Suryapet on Wednesday.

CITY BUREAU  Hyderabad  23.04.2020

The Telangana government has advised its officials to only send primary contacts of Covid-19 positive cases to government identified quarantine centres, while the asymptomatic secondary contacts will be ordered to undergo home quarantine for 28 days instead of 14 days.

Hitherto, the home quarantine was only for a period of 14 days, but on Wednesday Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar issued orders extending the home quarantine period to 28 days and that the ‘asymptomatic secondary contacts shall not be tested’.

Such secondary contacts, however, would be identified, stamped and placed in strict home quarantine for a period of 28 days and monitored daily by the local area multi disciplinary surveillance teams.

15 new cases

Meanwhile, 15 new cases were reported, taking the tally to 943 in Telangana. While there have been no Covid-19 recoveries and discharges, one more positive person died of coronavirus, which has taken the overall number of fatalities to 24.