As the number of COVID-19 positive cases rise to 93 in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is taking all the help available to ensure that the virus does not spread further. The BMC has set up containment zones around the coronavirus patients and their contacts across the city.
A containment zone is a place where an nCOVID-19 patient or their contacts live. As of March 30, the civic body has identified 146 zones in Mumbai.
The civic body will use the Geographic Information System, along with the GPS system of their smartphones, to tag the individuals. The Mumbai Police chief has also assured that his force will assist the BMC in maintaining a containment corridor. The individuals are inspected every day by health workers to ensure that they complete their quarantine.
No person from a zone is allowed to go out. Essential supplies including groceries will be provided within the area. According to a Ward level official, they have tied up with online food delivery aggregators and 40 grocery shops to ensure home delivery for the people in the zone. All these shops have been issued essential services passes.
Since the coronavirus outbreak, close 2.7 lakh passengers have been screened at Mumbai Airport. Those with symptoms were sent directly for testing and into the isolation facility. The passengers that were asymptomatic patients were asked to stay home for 14 days. The civic body was given a list of the travellers who lived in the wards and they followed up with these individuals for 14 days.
So far, a medical health officer at each ward, along with a team of doctors has visited over 1 lakh homes and 3.9 lakh people.
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