A revised government advisory on Friday recommended use of hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for asymptomatic healthcare workers working in non-COVID-19 hospitals, frontline staff on surveillance duty in containment zones and paramilitary/police personnel involved in coronavirus infection-related activities.
A revised government advisory on Friday recommended
use of hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medication for asymptomatic
healthcare workers working in non-COVID-19 hospitals, frontline staff on
surveillance duty in containment zones and paramilitary/police
personnel involved in coronavirus infection-related activities.
As was
mentioned in the earlier advisory, the drug against the infection is
also recommended for all asymptomatic healthcare workers involved in
containment and treatment of COVID-19 and household contacts of
laboratory confirmed cases.
The recommendation was made after the Joint Monitoring Group under the Chairmanship of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and including representatives from AIIMS, ICMR, National Centre for Disease Control, National Disaster Management Authority, WHO and experts drawn from central government hospitals reviewed the prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the context of expanding it to healthcare and other frontline workers deployed in non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 areas.
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