COVID-19 patients who can stay home —by medical recommendation—
shall be quarantined 24 hours a day and will be geolocated by the Government to verify that they comply with social isolation.
This is stipulated by means of
Supreme Decree No. 068-2020-PCM, published Tuesday in
El Peruano official gazette, which bears the signatures of Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra and various State ministers.
Said regulation provides that people affected by the novel coronavirus must undergo mandatory social immobilization at home 24 hours a day until they are discharged.
This applies to cases in which doctors urge them to stay home.
The same decree mandates the establishment of "Te Cuido Peru" (I Take Care of Peru), a working group formed to provide surveillance and assistance to COVID-19 patients and those who live with them during the period of compulsory social isolation.
"Te Cuido Peru" will be released on a digital platform that will use geolocation to identify the aforementioned people and their direct environment, as well as other instruments or functional structures to conduct a clinical follow-up, surveillance, and monitoring of patients.
(END) MJP/RRC/RMB/MVB
Published: 4/14/2020