Soni Razdan shares friend's shocking Covid ordeal in Mumbai; questions CM Thackeray

Veteran screen icon Soni Razdan has called out Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for inefficiency doled out by hospitals across city for her friend's COVID-positive mor. actor took to Twitter to share a report that quoted BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal saying "We are in total control" and strongly reprimanded m for t kwing "what citizens are going through". She revealed through her tweet that her friend h to allegedly pull "massive strings" to get a bed and also for drug Remdesivir as she tagged municipal corporation along with Maharashtra CMO.

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report shared by Razdan claimed that Mumbai will t need to impose lockdown again as situation is under control in city. BMC chief h claimed that pandemic is on verge of being controlled in city as Mumbai’s R number-- rate of people getting infected by a COVID-19 patient-- is 1.1.  He said that technically, anything below 1.0 means pandemic is over and we are reportedly getting re.

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prescription for COVID test

As COVID-19 cases in Mumbai continue to rise, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken a big decision regarding testing procedure for Coronavirus. A senior BMC official recently confirmed to Republic TV that  doctor's prescription will be required to get tested for COVID-19.

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Furr, all high-risk contacts in institutional quarantine facilities are henceforth to be tested before discharge. Till w, those in institutional quarantine were discharged after 10 days if y did t show any symptoms in last three days. Testing criteria for high-risk contacts in home quarantine have also been eased and y can w get tested through self-declaration. se steps being taken to ramp up testing in Mumbai.

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