BMC seals area around Maha CM Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree' after suspected COVID case

Update at 7:00 PM 

However, BMC PRO has refuted reports that area near Matoshree house in Mumbai is sealed. y say that routine sanitisation work was going on. 

In a massive development, Mumbai's civic body - BMC on Monday, has sealed area around CM Uddhav Thackeray’s residence “Matoshree” in as a precautionary measure, after a tea seller has been suspected for COVID-19, as per sources. Visuals show BMC's tice pasted in area warning that action will be taken against violators. Mumbai has highest number of cases at 433 and 30 deaths, as of Sunday.

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

BMC appoints containment officer

Earlier on Sunday, BMC appointed a Containment officer for each of 241 containment buildings 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.

EXCLUSIVE: Borivali resident shares her experience living in a COVID-19 'containment zone'

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.

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India's confirmed cases cross 4000-mark; 109 deaths confirmed

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 45 deaths.

COVID-19: 693 new cases, 30 deaths in last 24 hours; 63% mortality rate in 60+ group