Now patient can’t be forced to shift to isolation centre: Sindh govt

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Karachi: Now a coronavirus patient can decide whether to quarantine himself at his home or a government’s isolation centre. 

This has been stated by the Sindh health department’s advisory issued here on Wednesday.

Earlier, a patient had to move to the government-run isolation centres after testing positive.

The advisory said that now no patient could be forced to move to government-run isolation centre.

It added that if a proper space is available at the patients’ home and his family agrees to observe standard operating procedures then he could not be forced to shift to an isolation centre