Dharavi

Mumbai case surge: Dharavi to get 2 COVID care centres

11:18 pm March 23, 2021

Mumbai: Amid a rise in cases, Mumbai’s civic body on Tuesday decided to set up two COVID care centres in Dharavi, one of the world’s densest urban sprawls, an official said. The 250-bed COVID care centre at Vanita Samaj Hall in the area is full, the official said. “We plan to set up a COVID […]

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Mumbai’s Dharavi records four new COVID-19 cases

8:08 pm January 12, 2021

Mumbai: With the addition of four new cases of coronavirus, the count of infections in Mumbai‘s Dharavi area reached 3,859 on Tuesday, a senior civic official said. This is the second consecutive day that four cases were detected in the slum-dominated locality. At least 3,524 patients have recovered from the infection in the locality, which […]

Dharavi’s coronavirus infection count crosses 3,000

8:11 pm September 19, 2020

Mumbai: The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai’s Dharavi area crossed the 3,000 mark on Saturday with 25 new cases coming to light, said an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The tally reached 3,018 on Saturday. It had crossed 2,500 on July 21. 2,585 patients from the area have recovered from the viral infection, […]

Dharavi’s coronavirus tally goes up by 18 to 2,993

8:39 pm September 18, 2020

Mumbai: The COVID-19 infection count in Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, rose to 2,993 with the addition of 18 cases on Friday, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said. The tally is now close to the 3,000-mark about five- and-a-half months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in the area on April […]

With proactive strategy, Dharavi tamed virus, won WHO’s praise

8:52 pm July 11, 2020

Mumbai: The Dharavi area in Mumbai has become a global role model in the containment of coronavirus, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday after the civic body’s efforts won praise from the WHO. Instead of waiting for patients to come to hospitals, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) screened people in Dharavi pro-actively which helped, a senior official said. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]

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