BMC appoints 'Containment officer' for each of Mumbai's 241 COVID-19 containment zones

After creating 241 containment zones throughout Mumbai, city's civic body - Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Sunday, appointed Containment officer for each of containment building in city, according to an official circular. circular issued directives to teams dispatched across Mumbai about conditions to be maintained in zone regarding - high & low-risk contacts, buffer zone, police protection, health camps in zone etc. circular also states that re should be a day to day reporting of any cases of flu or pneumonia-like cases that come to any of clinics or hospitals inside or near containment zones.

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BMC's containment zone activity

Earlier on Saturday, a Borivali (East) resident living in one such containment zone revealed that BMC quarantined entire locality after two residents tested positive. Moreover, she added that BMC had appointed an on-call doctor, adequate police security, undertaken daily visits, monitored residents' health, fumigation and disinfection drives - every two days and facilitated essential goods supply. With Mumbai reporting highest cases, BMC has been closely monitoring Dharavi- where six cases have already been reported.

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Maharashtra under lockdown

On March 14, Thackeray government invoked Epidemic Diseases Act declaring Coronavirus as an epidemic - declaring all gyms, swimming pools, malls, atres, pubs shut in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad till March 31 amid rising cases of Coronavirus. With railways shutting down its services on March 22 marking 'Janta Curfew', Maharashtra government extended a state-wide curfew, stopping all transport services across districts. After PM Modi anuncing a 21-day lockdown, Maharashtra too enforced same as state recorded highest number of cases at 690 cases, with 24 deaths.

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