Mumbai Slums Coronavirus

Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi did not report any fresh coronavirus case for the third time in August so far on Wednesday, keeping the tally unchanged at 6,992, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

After a gap of six months, Dharavi in Maharashtra's capital Mumbai is once again witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, the latest data released by the Health authorities show. The slum-dominated area located in the heart of the financial capital recorded 30 cases in the last 24 hours, the data shows.

Not a single COVID-19 case has been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, for the first time since the pandemic reached India earlier this year. Healthcare workers and researchers have been paying undivided attention to the situation in Dharavi as the hundreds of shanties stand wall-to-wall, and where people mostly use community toilet...

The World Bank today praised the efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, saying its success stemmed from a combination of customised solutions , community involvement and perseverance.

The presence of COVID-19 antibodies in samples from slums in the city was found to have decreased by 12 per cent in the second sero survey, the Mumbai civic body has said.

The COVID-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi went up to 2,556 with the addition of five new cases on Friday, according to a senior BMC official.

Around six in ten people living in some of the biggest slums in the country have antibodies for the novel coronavirus indicating they've recovered from infection, in what appears to be one of the highest population immunity levels known worldwide.

Dharavi slum area in Mumbai on Tuesday saw one of the lowest single-day growth in new COVID-19 cases with just three additions, taking the cumulative tally to 2,543, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

A medical survey of nearly 7,000 people in Mumbai has found that one in six or about 16 per cent of residents in the city had contracted the coronavirus. In slum areas, where lakhs of people live in cramped spaces usually sharing toilets, the number was a whopping 57 per cent.

Mumbai's Dharavi, once a COVID-19 hotspot, soon tackled coronavirus effectively and has it under control - for now. The sprawling slum has now taken the lead in plasma donation as well to fight the pandemic. A primary screening was organized in the densely populated slum for an upcoming plasma donation camp in the area where 25 per cent of recovere...

One of the most densely populated slums in the world, Mumbai's Dharavi, had quickly become a coronavirus hotspot. The first case was reported in April and since then there was a rapid increase in cases. But the sprawling slum, where social distancing is a luxury, seems to have tamed the deadly virus - at least for now.

The coronavirus tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi surpassed the 2,500-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 10 new cases, the city civic body said.

With the WHO praising the efforts taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, the local civic body said proactive screening with the assistance of private doctors and community support helped it in the fight against the disease.

From being a major coronavirus cluster to a successful containment model - Mumbai's slum, Dharavi, has come a long way in its fight against the pandemic. The 2.5 square kilometre area that packs nearly 6.5 lakh people, on Tuesday, reported just one fresh case, inching closer toward flattening the curve even as the Maharashtra capital continues to r...

Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.

Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi did not report any fresh coronavirus case for the third time in August so far on Wednesday, keeping the tally unchanged at 6,992, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.

After a gap of six months, Dharavi in Maharashtra's capital Mumbai is once again witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, the latest data released by the Health authorities show. The slum-dominated area located in the heart of the financial capital recorded 30 cases in the last 24 hours, the data shows.

Not a single COVID-19 case has been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, for the first time since the pandemic reached India earlier this year. Healthcare workers and researchers have been paying undivided attention to the situation in Dharavi as the hundreds of shanties stand wall-to-wall, and where people mostly use community toilet...

The World Bank today praised the efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, saying its success stemmed from a combination of customised solutions , community involvement and perseverance.

The presence of COVID-19 antibodies in samples from slums in the city was found to have decreased by 12 per cent in the second sero survey, the Mumbai civic body has said.

The COVID-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi went up to 2,556 with the addition of five new cases on Friday, according to a senior BMC official.

Around six in ten people living in some of the biggest slums in the country have antibodies for the novel coronavirus indicating they've recovered from infection, in what appears to be one of the highest population immunity levels known worldwide.

Dharavi slum area in Mumbai on Tuesday saw one of the lowest single-day growth in new COVID-19 cases with just three additions, taking the cumulative tally to 2,543, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

A medical survey of nearly 7,000 people in Mumbai has found that one in six or about 16 per cent of residents in the city had contracted the coronavirus. In slum areas, where lakhs of people live in cramped spaces usually sharing toilets, the number was a whopping 57 per cent.

Mumbai's Dharavi, once a COVID-19 hotspot, soon tackled coronavirus effectively and has it under control - for now. The sprawling slum has now taken the lead in plasma donation as well to fight the pandemic. A primary screening was organized in the densely populated slum for an upcoming plasma donation camp in the area where 25 per cent of recovere...

One of the most densely populated slums in the world, Mumbai's Dharavi, had quickly become a coronavirus hotspot. The first case was reported in April and since then there was a rapid increase in cases. But the sprawling slum, where social distancing is a luxury, seems to have tamed the deadly virus - at least for now.

The coronavirus tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi surpassed the 2,500-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 10 new cases, the city civic body said.

With the WHO praising the efforts taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, the local civic body said proactive screening with the assistance of private doctors and community support helped it in the fight against the disease.

From being a major coronavirus cluster to a successful containment model - Mumbai's slum, Dharavi, has come a long way in its fight against the pandemic. The 2.5 square kilometre area that packs nearly 6.5 lakh people, on Tuesday, reported just one fresh case, inching closer toward flattening the curve even as the Maharashtra capital continues to r...

Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.