BMC to conduct door-to-door campaign from today

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all geared up to initiate the ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign from Tuesday, September 15.

This initiative has been undertaken by the government of Maharashtra to keep in check the health status of over 26 lakh families in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Earlier on September 4, Uddhav Thackeray informed of the same.

The government, as a part of the campaign, plans to check the health status of the state’s 2.25 crore families with the help of the health department, NGOs and elected representatives. Moreover, it is touted to provide health education to the people.

Under the initiative, the volunteers are to visit door to door to check for fever and oxygen levels of residents, provide them health education, look for patients with symptoms of the coronavirus and refer them for treatment if they have any. Also, people with comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity as well as heart and kidney disease will be referred for treatment.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra clocked 17,066 fresh cases of the coronavirus taking the COVID-19 tally in the state to 7,55,850. Moreover, the positivity rate, recovery rate, and fatality rate in Maharashtra for the coronavirus stand at 20.2 per cent, 70.16 per cent, and 2.77 per cent respectively.