The care model for Covid-19 patients in Singapore is changing in line with higher vaccination rates. MOH is currently piloting a home-centric care model for the management of Covid-19 patients with mild or no symptoms. This enables these Covid-19 patients to be with their families, who can also support and care for them at home.
However, it is important to also ensure that such patients are closely monitored and treated. This is so they don’t end up being a source of spread of the disease, especially to their immediate family members, or see a worsening of their conditions which will require hospitalisation.
Many thanks to one of my constituents who raised this concern to me. I have filed this question for the 14 September sitting of Parliament:
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Health (a) to date, how many persons who tested positive with COVID-19 have been allowed to serve their quarantine orders at home; (b) what are the criteria for allowing such individuals to quarantine at home; (c) what medical treatment is provided to such individuals to reduce the chances of them requiring hospitalisation; and (d) how are they monitored for a worsening of their condition which may require them to be admitted to a hospital.
