COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Comprehensive Guidelines for
COVID-19 - Orders – Issued.
COVID-19 Management @ Kalpakkam
Guidelines for employees and residents of DAE Townships at Kalpakkam and Anupuram regarding COVID-19 Pandemic
In case, any of the beneficiary has COVID-19 like symptoms of ILI (Influenza Like Illness) and SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Illness) they shall immediately report to DAE Hospital at Kalpakkam or Anupuram for further medical management as per doctors’/physicians’ advice.
Fever Clinics are functional at DAE
Hospital at Kalpakkam and Anupuram Hospital from :
09.00 AM to 05.00 PM daily Fever Clinics
Contact No Kalpakkam (85888)/Anupuram (87222)
05.00 PM to 09.00 AM: visit Casualty facility at DAE Hospital at Kalpakkam or Anupuram hospital and follow the guidance given by doctor.
09:00 AM to 05:00 PM: Limited/ Selective OPD service with limited group of specialists.
24 x 7 Emergency and Casualty service available at both DAE Hospitals
CHSS beneficiaries can also send their message/query by email to hospital@igcar.gov.in and a copy to mspa@igcar.gov.in.
If any beneficiary is tested COVID-19 positive, the concerned administrative head WILL BE INFORMED FOR FACILITATING THE CONTACT TRACING. The beneficiary would be shifted based on advice from local State Govt. authorities to Quarantine Centre.
If any resident in a particular flat/building is identified as COVID-19 positive, the building will be sealed by the local State Govt. authorities. Movement of residents in and out from this containment area will be highly restricted.
On receipt of information about the COVID-19 positive case, local authorities and ESG, GSO will carry out sanitization of common areas in the contained area.
Beneficiaries are requested to visit the ‘COVID-19 Management @ Kalpakkam’ of IGCAR website periodically and to follow the latest instructions. The Medical Division would be sharing important information including audio and video instructions about COVID-19 at this website.
If non-CHSS-beneficiary family member is tested positive Head, Medical Division should be intimated immediately.
If any resident is Home Quarantined suspecting him/her to be a COVID-19 case, the respective associations/ divisions /units /colleagues of the group or the other residents in the neighborhood are requested to help the quarantined family to meet essential needs from outside.
Sealed condition in the containment area will continue until clearance is obtained from the local State Govt. authorities.
The residents of DAE Township at Kalpakkam and Anupuram Township are requested to follow the COVID-19 related guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time. All are also encouraged to go through COVID KATHA – A multimedia guide for mass awareness brought out by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the COVID-19 related materials by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
Residents are requested to remain indoors and minimize their movement only for the essential needs.
The norms of social distancing should strictly be followed. Wearing of face mask is mandatory while moving outside the residence.
Going out of the townships should be avoided as far as possible.
Registering in Aarogya Setu is mandatory for all employees.
It is mandatory to declare and visit the FEVER CLINIC for the relatives arriving home at the Townships, from outside state / country.
For domestic helpers, ensure their health condition and enquire about their family contact related to COVID-19
Ensure special care to senior citizens, children below 10 years and persons with respiratory illness.
Vegetables and fruits to be washed properly before use.
Avoid visits to other house and visitors as far as possible.
Avoid spreading unconfirmed information about COVID-19 in social media.
Guidelines for testing cases
Considering the apprehensions of the employees and their family members in the wake of recent COVID-19cases in the townships and neighbourhood and requests for testing, it has been decided that DAE Hospital Kalpakkam would follow the Tamilnadu State Govt. Guidelines w.r.t strategy for COVID 19 testing. Wards, relatives and in some cases, employees, are coming from different districts/ states/ countries, and many queries have been received on testing and quarantine conditions. To address these apprehensions and queries, the extracts from the TN Health and Family Welfare Dept. GO.Ms.No.219 dt. 18.05.2020 and GO.Ms.No.252 dt.24.05.2020, (Guidelines for Domestic Air Passengers) is reproduced below for the benefit of employees and beneficiaries. Full text can be accessed through the links/references given at the end.
Testing Strategies
All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) individuals with history of international travel in the last 14 days.
All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) contacts of laboratory confirmed cases.
All symptomatic (ILI symptoms) health care workers / frontline workers involved in containment and mitigation of COVID-19.
All patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
Asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts*(definition as per Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India is given below) of a confirmed case to be tested once between day 5 and day 10 of coming into contact.
All symptomatic ILI individuals within hotspots/containment zones.
All hospitalized patients who develop ILI symptoms.
All symptomatic ILI individuals among returnees and migrants within 7 days of illness.
N.B.:
ILI case is defined as one with acute respiratory infection with fever >380C & cough.
SARI case is defined as one with acute respiratory infection with fever >380C & cough and requiring hospitalization.
All testing in the above categories is recommended by real-time RT-PCR test only.
Testing Guidelines
Category A: Persons coming from other districts within Tamil Nadu
Category B: Persons coming from Other States /UTs
Category C: Persons coming from other Countries
Relevant Definitions
(Ref : https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/3Pocketbookof5_Covid19_27March.pdf)
Suspect
Anyone with acute respiratory illness {fever and at least one sign/symptom of
respiratory disease ( cough, difficulty in breathing),
AND
A
history of travel to or residence in a country/area or territory reporting local
transmission of COVID-19 disease during the 14 days prior to symptom onset;
OR
Anyone with any acute respiratory illness AND having been in contact with a
confirmed COVID-19 case in the last 14 days prior to onset of symptoms;
OR
Anyone with severe acute respiratory infection {fever and at least one
sign/symptom of respiratory disease (cough, difficulty in breathing} AND
requiring hospitalization;
OR
A
case for whom testing for COVID-19 is inconclusive. Laboratory Confirmed case: A
person with laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 infection, irrespective of
clinical signs and symptoms.
Contact
Staying in the same house without proper protection with COVID-19 patient
Staying in the same close environment as a COVID-19 patient (including
workplace, classroom, household, gatherings)
Travelling together in close proximity (less than 1 m) with a symptomatic person
who later tested positive for COVID-19
Person providing direct care to a COVID-19 patient The infection may have been
transferred within a 14 day period before the onset of illness in the case under
consideration
Health and Family Welfare Department TN Govt
G.O Ms No.226 Dt: May 31, 2020 Additional guidelines for COVID Management - Testing and Quarantine strategy - Orders – Issued.
G.O Ms No.219 Dt: May 18, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Comprehensive Guidelines for
COVID-19 - Orders – Issued.
G.O Ms No.213 Dt: May 15, 2020 COVID-19
– Revised Discharge policy for COVID19 patients admitted in COVID-19
Treatment facility - Orders issued
G.O Ms. No.210 Dt: May 09, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Guidelines for Hospitals including
both Government and Private Hospitals – Orders - Issued.
Letter No. 1714/P1/2020-1 Dt: April 25, 2020 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection Prevention and Control - Drug and
herbal powder recommended for the frontline staff and other in Covid 19 duty
for developing immunity - Regarding
G.O (Ms) No.197 Dt: April 21, 2020 COVID-19
– Measures to protect Doctors / Paramedical Staff – Orders – Issued.
G.O (Ms) No.198 Dt: April 21, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Protocol for using Rapid Antibody
Test in Hot spot area – Orders – Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.191 Dt: April 16, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Standard Operating Procedure for
Social Distancing for Offices, Workplace, Factories and Establishments –
Orders – Issued.
Letter No.1714/P1/2020 Dt: April 16, 2020 COVID-19
– Advisory for protection of senior citizens aged above 60 Years – to be
given wide publicity in districts - Reg.
Letter No.11525/P1/2020 Dt: April 16, 2020 COVID-19
– Criteria for classification of Hotspots, Districts to implement outbreak
of containment plan, Districts with cluster of cases and Non-Hotspot
districts – list forwarded by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department, Government of India – effective surveillance measures to be
taken up communicated – Regarding.
G.O.(Ms) No.179 Dt: April 08, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Guidance document on appropriate
management of suspect / confirmed cases of COVID-19 – Orders – Issued.
G.O.(Ms) No.181 Dt: April 08, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Instructions to Private Hospitals –
Issued.
G.O.(Ms) No.180 Dt: April 08, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Issuing of Treatment Protocol for
COVID-19 positive patients – Orders – Issued
G.O.(Ms)No.178 Dt: April 08, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Guidelines on Dead Body Management
– Instructions – Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.176 Dt: April 05, 2020 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) – Infection Prevention and control – Additional
Disinfection procedures for prevention of COVID-19 in Public Places – Orders
– Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.177 Dt: April 05, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Advisory for Quarantine of Migrant
Workers and conduct of Health Camp for Migrant Workers – Orders -Issued.
G.O.(MS)No.175 Dt: April 05, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Cluster containment measures to
stop transmission, morbidity and mortality to be taken up to ensure no
further spread of COVID 19 – Implementation of the Micro–Plan – Orders –
Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 174 Dt: April 03, 2020 COVID-19
- Containment and Management of COVID-19 - Treatment of patients affected by
Corona Virus Disease in Private Hospitals - Orders - Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.168 Dt: April 03, 2020 COVID-19
– The Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishment (Regulations) Rules, 2018 – Control
and Management of COVID-19 Pandemic – Constitution of Expert Committee for
Treatment protocol for clinical manifestations of CORONA infection –Orders
-Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.166 Dt: April 02, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Guidelines for COVID-19 affected
persons, family members, Contacts and Containment Measures – Orders –
Issued.
G.O.(Ms)No.167 Dt: April 02, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – List of hospitals in Tamil Nadu
designated as Exclusive COVID-19 Hospitals - Approved – Orders – Issued.
G.O.(MS)No.164 Dt: March 31, 2020 COVID-19
– Health and Family Welfare Department – Guidelines on COVID-19 – to be
followed – Orders – Issued.
G.O.(D)No.391 Dt: March 24, 2020 Corona
Virus (COVID-19) – Public Health preparedness measures - Director of Public
Health and Preventive Medicine – sanction of fund for preparedness measures
for prevention and control of infectious diseases outbreak of pandemic
potential- Orders – Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 152 Dt: March 23, 2020 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) – Infection Prevention and Control – The Epidemic
Diseases Act, 1897 (Central Act No.3 of 1897) – Regulations – Notification -
Issued.
G.O.(Ms).No. 150 Dt: March 22, 2020 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) – Infection Prevention and Control – The Epidemic
Diseases Act, 1897 (Central Act No.3 of 1897) – Temporary Regulations –
Notification - Issued.
Letter No.02/CS/2020 Dt: March 17, 2020 COVID
19 - Preventive Strategies - General Insrtuctions for Government Offices -
Regarding.
GO MS No.97 Dt: March 15, 2020 Corona
Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection Prevention and Control - The Epidemic
Diseases Act, 1897 (Central Act No.3 of 1897) - Regulations - Issued.
Letter No.01/CS/2020 Dt: March 15, 2020 COVID
19 - Preventive Strategies - Instructions - Regarding
Year : 2020
G.O Ms. No. 262 Dt: May 31, 2020 Disaster Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Infection prevention and control - Extending restrictions in the territorial jurisdictions of the state of Tamilnadu up to 30.06.2020 with guidelines and relaxations- Notification - Issued.
G.O Ms. No. 252 Dt:
May 24, 2020
Disaster Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Infection prevention and control
- Instructions/Guidelines to be followed by Domestic Air Passengers and
major stakeholders including Airport operators for compliance - Standard
Operating Procedure (SOP) - Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 239 Dt:
May 15, 2020 Public
Services - COVID-19 - Functioning of Government offices with six day week -
Ensuring Social distancing with half the work force at any given point of
time - Orders - Issued.
Letter No.
12051/DM-II/2020-1 Dt: May 11, 2020 Disaster
Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Infection prevention and control -
Extending restrictions in the territorial jurisdictions of the State of
Tamil Nadu upto 17.05.2020 - Guidelines on restarting manufacturing
industries after the Lockdown - Reg
G.O Ms. No. 221 Dt:
May 04, 2020 Disaster
Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Demarcation of Containment Zone to Control
Corona Virus - Guidelines and List of Containment Zone - Notification -
Issued.
G.O Ms. No. 217 Dt:
May 03, 2020 Disaster
Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Infection prevention and control - Orders
issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India - Extending
restrictions in the territorial jurisdictions of the State of Tamil Nadu
upto 17.05.2020 - Notification - Issued.
Letter No.
11634/DM-II/2020-1 Dt: April 30, 2020 COVID-19
- Restrictions in movement of persons in the territorial jurisdiction of the
State of Tamil Nadu - Issue of e-PASS - Online Portal - Circular - Issued
G.O Ms.No. 204 Dt:
April 23, 2020 COVID-19
- Amendment issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on
21.04.2020 to provide s elect activities under the overall permissions -
Amendment to Notification - Issued.
G.O Ms. No. 203 Dt:
April 23, 2020 Disaster
Management Authority - Decision to continue lockdown till 3rd May 2020 -
Addendum to provide s elect activities under the overall permissions
provided by Government of India in non containment zones - Notification -
Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 202 Dt:
April 22, 2020 Disaster
Management Act, 2005 - COVID-19 - Identifying continuous process industries
during the lockdown period - Order - Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 199 Dt:
April 20, 2020 Disaster
Management- Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Restrictions in the
territorial jurisdictions of the State to contain the spread of COVID-19
under the Disaster Management Act - Not to compel students or parents to pay
fee during the Lockdown period - Instructions - Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 193 Dt:
April 15, 2020 Disaster
Management - Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection prevention and
control - Order issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India -
Notification issued extending restrictions in the territorial jurisdictions
of the State of Tamil Nadu upto 03.05.2020 adhering the Consolidated Revised
Guidelines stipulated by Government of India - Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 190 Dt:
April 13, 2020 Disaster
Management - Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection prevention and
control - The Disaster Management Act, 2005 - Notification issued imposing
restrictions in the territorial jurisdictions of the State of Tamil Nadu for
a period of 21 days with effect from 25.03.2020 - Further extension upto
30th April 2020 midnight 12.00 - Notification - Issued.
G.O Ms.No. 174 Dt:
March 28, 2020 Disaster
Management - Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection prevention and
control - Notification issued of Government of India - Ministry of Home
Affairs - Addendum received - Amendment to Notification - Issued.
G.O Ms. No. 172 Dt:
March 25, 2020 Disaster
Management - Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) - Infection prevention and
control - The Disaster Management Act, 2005 - Notification - Issued.
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27.05.2020 Guidance note on Essential RMNCAH+N Services during and post COVID
24.05.2020 Guidelines for international arrivals
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22.05.2020 Revised advisory on the use of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as prophylaxis for COVID-19 infection
21.05.2020 Guidance note for Immunization services during and post COVID outbreak
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