A 35-year-old doctor in Dharavi has tested positive for nCOVID-19. The doctor has a clinic on the main road in Dharavi and is the third patient from this area to have tested positive.
"His family is put in quarantine, they'll be tested today for coronavirus. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tracing his contacts. The building where he lives will be quarantined and all high-risk contacts will be traced," a BMC official said.
On April 1, the first case was found in Dharavi's Shahu Nagar after a 56-year-old man was tested positive for coronavirus. He had a garment shop and lived in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) building in Dharavi. He was undergoing treatment at the Sion Hospital. He died at 10:30 PM on the same night. He had the following symptoms fever, cough, respiratory issues and also had co-morbid conditions of renal failure.
On Thursday morning, a municipal sweeper who lives in Worli but was posted at Dharavi also tested positive.
Dharavi is the Asia's largest slum and is a densely populated area. The concept of social distancing is not possible in the area, as Dharavi has 8.69 lakh people per square mile. This makes it a potential hotspot for the spread of coronavirus.
In an exclusive interview with Mumbai Live, many doctors from Mumbai raised concerns about the novel coronavirus spread in Mumbai slums. Talking about the same, they said, "Social distancing in slums is almost impossible."
So far, Mumbai has recorded 235 cases of coronavirus among the 441 COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra. To curb the spread further, the officials are taking all the possible measures. A few days ago, the Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) had sealed 146 areas as no-go zones, and by the end of Wednesday (April 1), officials added 45 more areas, increasing the total to 191 containment zones in Mumbai.
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