Sat, Apr 26, 2003 - Page 2 News List

Home quarantine causes headaches

VIRUS Manpower shortages have meant that SARS suspects confined to their homes cannot be watched 24 hours a day, forcing health officials to improvise

By Melody Chen  /  STAFF REPORTER

People in quarantine are not allowed to leave their rooms, but their family members would not need to be quarantined with them, Hsu added.

Hsu also explained how city health officials monitor quarantined people.

"First, our workers go to these people's houses every day to check their body temperatures," he said.

As the health officials "cannot monitor the quarantined people 24 hours a day," they would call these people throughout the day to make sure they are at home, Hsu said.

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