There are more than 10,000 C-19 patients being treated at home in Phnom Phen, which is cause for alarm.

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In Phnom Penh, more than 10,000 patients with mild Covid-19 symptoms are receiving therapy in the privacy of their own homes.

However, health experts are concerned that they may spread the virus to others in their homes, producing an exponential increase in the number of cases, presenting yet another major issue. If the symptoms are minor, the sufferers will recover quickly; otherwise, they may require hospitalization.

 

People with Covid-19 increased after the holidays, according to Health Ministry spokeswoman Hok Kim Cheng, but they only had mild symptoms, so they were urged to stay at home and get treated.

 

"If the sufferer does not follow our counsel and remains alone, home treatment is perilous." The infection can be passed on to people in the house as well as neighbors. That is why they must follow the instructions and guidelines of the health authority," he added.

He stated that they are aware that these victims are transmitting the virus to their families as a result of their negligence and disregard for the rules.

 

"The health staff are keeping track of these sufferers, but they must also be accountable," Kim Cheng said, adding that if the others become infected and their symptoms are light, they would also be treated at home until otherwise instructed.

 

Many of those with modest symptoms, he noted, are people who have been twice vaccinated.

 

Keut Chhe, the deputy governor of Phnom Penh, told the Khmer Times yesterday that he knows of more than 10,000 people being treated at home, with many of them spreading the illness to others or neighbors.

 

"All of these folks are just experiencing minor symptoms, since even those who have gotten the disease are only experiencing minor symptoms, as the majority have already been double-vaccinated and received their booster doses." "Almost everyone recovers in four to seven days," he noted.

 

He stated that they are taking aggressive measures to reduce the spread of infections by educating sufferers and isolating them in their homes.

 

Dr. Li Ailan, a representative of the World Health Organization in Cambodia, told Khmer Times yesterday that caring for an infected individual at home rather than in a medical institution increases the risk of the virus spreading to others in the house.

 

However, she claims that patients heal faster at home because of the support of family members, while those with severe diseases should be treated in a hospital.

 

She went on to say that patients receiving home therapy should be segregated in a room, have excellent ventilation, not wear facemasks in the room, carers should not have underlying health concerns, and if feasible, have their own utensils, soaps, towels, and bedsheets.

 

Both victims and caregivers, according to Dr. Ailan, must wash their hands frequently and follow the three dos and three don'ts, which include proper disposal of all used materials.

 

Long Mandavy, a mother of seven children aged two to fifteen, said she was the first to get infected, followed by her husband, who traveled to Siem Reap.

 

"When both of us became ill, the disease finally spread to all seven of my children." We were all receiving treatment at home. Thankfully, we all recovered within a week," she said, noting that it was fortunate that they were all together during their illness.

 

Kheng Thearoth, who visited Siem Reap, brought Covid-19 home with her and unhappily infected her mother and brother.

 

"We were treated at home because we were all completely vaccinated and had just minor symptoms." When we use a bathroom, it's tough not to spread the infection," she remarked.

 

Thearoth stated that they were all relieved to be back at home, to be treated, and to fully recover.

 

Credit Source: Khmer Times

 

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