In a bid to create awareness about coronavirus, there have been several hoardings and posters put up across the city. However, some of these posters are misleading as they claim that in order to prevent coronavirus, avoid "unprotected contact with wild animals and farm animals". Furthermore, these hoardings also claim that these are facts have been shared by the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, these claims have no data to back them up.
Animal activists across the city have written to WHO about these hoardings that are spreading false information. They have demanded that these hoardings should be pulled down immediately. Talking about the same, animal activist Vrati Ahuja said, "These hoardings are misleading and can create panic. There have been several instances of people burying and killing thousands of live animals especially chicken across the state. With such hoardings, people won't even think further and kill more animals out of fear. These billboards have come up at prominent locations like Andheri, Santacruz, Flora Fountain, Colaba and other places. We do not want panic or rumours."
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), has also cleared the air and shared that COVID-19 does not get transmitted through poultry. FSSAI issued a statement on Tuesday, which reads, "The predominant route or transmission of 2019-nCoV (coronavirus) appears to be human to human as per OIE, though 2019-nCoV may have had an animal source, which requires further investigation. Poultry has not been found to be involved in the transmission of 2019-nCoV to humans so far in any report globally".
There are two positive cases detected in Mumbai which has taken the tally of infected people in the state to eleven.
Railways have also started announcements on platforms in which they are informing people about the symptoms of the virus. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claims that its hospitals are ready to handle situations, in case of emergency. More than a 100 beds have been arranged and kept in isolation wards at Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, KB Bhabha Hospital in Bandra, KB Bhabha Municipal Hospital in Kurla and Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care in Jogeshwari.
Additionally, 24 health teams consisting of six members are deployed at every ward to monitor patients who may show symptoms of Coronavirus. Two teams will be deployed at the international airport to monitor the situation around the clock.
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