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How to quarantine at home:
- Isolate for 10 days.
- If possible, stay and sleep alone in a room that has a window with good air flowing through.
- You can talk to other family members and go outside, but you should stay at least 2 metres away from everyone at all times
- You should not have visitors at your house during this time.
- One family member should be assigned as your caregiver. This exposes less of your family and also ensures that you and the caregiver can develop good habits so that they do not catch the virus from you.
- If these procedures are not possible, you should contact your health care workeror clinic for alternative options.
- The Provincial Covid-19 hotline is 0800 535 554.
What is self isolation?
Self-isolation refers to a voluntary act of home-based quarantine by a person who might or might have not been exposed to Covid-19 to contain the possible spread of Covid-19.
Self-isolation can be applied to and by any person to curb the spread of Covid-19.
What is isolation?
Isolation takes place within a medically observed environment, especially people who are sick. This is where a Covid-19 person is not allowed to interact with any other person but restricted to specifically reserved wards for Covid-19 persons.