Get tested if you have flu or acute respiratory infection symptoms: Karnataka issues Covid advisory for senior citizens

– Elderly persons (60 years and above), co-morbid persons (particularly with kidney, heart, liver, lung ailments, etc.), pregnant women and lactating mothers, would need to protect themselves and take all necessary precautionary measures to keep respiratory illnesses and Covid at bay this season.

– Such persons would also need to monitor their health condition on priority, and if they develop common symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), they shall get tested at the nearest healthcare facility. If found positive for Covid, necessary treatment shall be obtained, preferably at the healthcare facility. If tested negative for Covid-19, medical advice and treatment would be necessary to ensure the symptoms of ILI/ SARI do not aggravate.

– Persons with co-morbidities who test Covid-positive shall undergo a thorough clinical evaluation and seek medical consultation at the earliest.

– Necessary cooperation shall be extended by the family members of the Covid patients to the doctors and staff visiting the patients under home isolation. The visiting teams would test all symptomatic close contacts as per the testing protocol and also advice on medical consultation/hospitalisation where necessary. Such suggestions/advice shall have to be complied with, in the interest of the health of the Covid-positive person, their close contacts and also the public at large.

– People can call the helpline +9118004258330 for general Covid-related enquiries.