Mumbai, Jun 1 () Mumbai's Dharavi, which is one of the largest slums in Asia, reported nearly 1,400 COVID-19 cases in May, or a whopping jump of about 380 per cent from the April figures, adding to concerns of its residents. However, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed the situation has improved, and the spread of infection is under control in the slum area, where nearly 6.5 lakh people live in shanties located in congested settlements. Narrow lanes and bylanes, small houses, unhygienic living conditions, common toilets and several other factors are responsible for the easy spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, apart from non-adherence to social distancing norms, official said. In April, 369 coronavirus cases were reported from Dharavi and the number rose to 1,771 by May-end, accounting for 4.4 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases detected in the city and indicating the extent and intensity with which the infection spread in the slum pocket. Along with the high number of COVID-19 cases, Dharavi also reported 70 deaths due to the disease till May end, as compared to 18 deaths in April. The COVID-19 outbreak was reported in Mumbai on March 11, and the first case of the disease was found in Dharavi's Dr Baliga Nagar area 20 days later, on April 1, setting the alarm bells ringing for the city administration. The disease spread was initially slow in the area and it took over a fortnight for Dharavi to add 100 cases to its tally, and by May 3, it crossed the 500-mark. Thereafter, COVID-19 cases went on increasing rapidly and in next 10 days, the number crossed the 1,000-mark on May 13 and 1,500-mark on May 23, as per official figures. However, according to BMC officials, there has been a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in Dharavi since the past one week. They said 18 new cases each were recorded on May 28 and May 30. Out of the total 1,771 cases in Dharavi so far, the highest 243 cases have been reported from Matunga Labour Camp area, followed by 116 and 86 cases in Kumbharwada and Mukund Nagar localities, respectively. "Areas with maximum cases are identified and treated as high-risk zones' where door-to-door screening, fever camps, and contact-tracing is underway," a BMC official said. Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner of the G-north ward which covers Dharavi, said things have improved considerably in the slum area in the past few days and further improvement is expected in days to come. "The doubling rate of cases in Dharavi has gone up to 31 days and the death rate has come down. After the first 60 deaths, the fatality rate has fallen considerably," he said. In the first half of May, the number of cases in Dharavi was doubling in six days, and in two days in the first half of April. Dharavi has a population of about 6.5 lakh and is spread over 2.5 sq km area. With its population density of 2,27,136 people per sq km, the city civic administration is making all efforts and working on a war footing to contain the spread of coronavirus. Due to the huge number of COVID-19 cases in Dharavi, the G-north ward is on the top in the city with nearly 3,000 cases, out of the total 24 qwards in the city. According to the BMC, over 75 per cent of the cases reported in Dharavi are of people in the age group of 21 to 60 years. Besides, 35 per cent of the cases are of those contracting infection within their families. To contain the spread of COVID-19, the BMC has identified 13 'high risk' zones in Dharavi, an official said. The civic body has been ensuring the supply of food, groceries and medicine inside the high risk zones to restrict movement of anyone outside or within the area, he said. According to the BMC, Dharavi has around 225 community toilets, 100 public toilets and 125 toilets built by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority . "As hundreds of people use common toilets in the area, the risk of coronavirus spread is high, which is why these lavatories have to be cleaned regularly," an official said. Dharavi has nine municipal dispensaries, 50 private clinics, apart from fever clinics. Altogether, 47,500 people from the high risk zones and 1.25 lakh residents of containment zones of Dharavi have been screened so far, as per the BMC figures. They are among the nearly four lakh Dharavi residents who have been screened with the help of 24 private practitioners, the BMC said. Several migrant labourers residing in Dharavi have already left for their native places by trains, buses and other modes of transport in the last one month. KK GK GK

Mumbai: Dharavi adds 1,400 COVID-19 cases in May

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During Lockdown 3.0, Amazon has also started delivering non-essential orders to green and orange zones in the country. However, the metropolitan cities of India that are the top markets for e-commerce platforms are in the red zone where only essentials can be delivered. How will it function Amazon will deliver orders to a designated delivery point in the vicinity of the containment zone, from where volunteers will further deliver the packages to the customer’s doorstep. Consumers will have to place their orders on the Amazon app, and select their delivery location in the containment zone. Volunteers from the containment zone will then pick up the packages and deliver it to the user's doorsteps. Mumbai is one of the worst hit cities in the coronavirus pandemic and has over 10,000 cases in the city. Here’s the list of all the containment zones ward-wise across the city: Ward A Perigreen house Ballard Pier, Kumtha Street, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road Ward D Ridge Road, Bay View, Hill View, Poornima, Sumangal, Elcide Building. Walkeshwar Road, Goenka House (A and B wing), Sankalp, Sanidhya, Shrikrishna Mahal, Arisha Mahal, Sathlug Terrace, Queen Boulevard Peddar Road, New Gardenia, Nilkamal, Devashish, Padam Building, Bhagwat Niwas, Vimala Mahal, Jindal Bungalow, Suryakiran Girnar Apartments, Sanskriti, Shivam, Akashdeep, Alankar Building, Bhagwandas chawl. Orchid enclave (A and B wing), Mustan Apartments (A and B wing), Balwas Hotel Heera Panna (B wing), Seagle (A and B wing, Cadbury House, National Garage, Vasundara Bhavan Orbit HT (A, B A and C wings), Shaanka Sheth Mansion, D ward Municipal building, Bhaji Falli, Matru Mandir Jaslok Hospital, Diya Mansion, Aditya Birla Bungalow, Mitra Kunj building, Makabi Minar, Sukh Shanti Opera House Hostel, Fateh Manzil, Purushottam Niwas, BhatWadi Building Nepean Sea Road, Shimla House, Mehrina, Malabar Apartments Hanumant Bhuvan, Sagar Kunj, Brighten, Geetanjali, Dariya Mahal A K Marg, Najma Building, Garden View, Karim Building, Nirmal Nivas Hermes House, Vijay Sales, Uman Chamber, Laddabhai Mansion Angel Building, Berivilla, Dhan House, Dobh Villa Ward E Siddhivinayak, Vasudeo Pringle Marg, BMC building, Stable Street BIT chawl, Kushnumma Apartment, Suhag Palace, YMC Raod, SK Haffizzudin Marg, Morlane Wockhardt Hospital, Dr Anandarao Nair Road Ward F/S Narayan Ashram, Ganesh Galli Ward G/N Dr Baliga Nagar, Jasmine Mill Road, Matunga Labour Camp, Dharavi Ward K/E Shiv Shakti Apt. CHS, Shraddhanand Rd Vileparle (East) Padmavati CHS, Azad Road, Vileparle (East) Guru Arjun Dev CHS, Mahakali Caves Rd, Andheri (East), Bindra Complex Koliwada Plot, Jogeshwari (East), Slum Area Prem Nagar, Madras Majeed, Jogeshwari (East) Franciswadi, Jogeshwari East Ward K/W 21 A wing, New Heritage CHS, Minarette, 6th Floor, Flat No. 603, Khatiaj Hightech Tower, Kanwal Building Mateshwari Chawl Flat No. 502, Om Viraj Building, Paliram Road C-304, Redrose Raviraj Complex, Off New Road, Andheri Flat No.1503, Dhiraj Gaurav Heights, Near Infinity Mall A16, Building, No.48, LSMCHS, Manish Nagar, Andheri (W) Ward P/S Kailas Ram Krupa Building, Upper Govind Nagar, Malad (East) Deep Sadan Society, SV Road Anmol Towers Ward P/N Hanuman Nagar, Kurar, Quiescent Heights, Mindspace, Raheja Township, Interface Society, Farm Manor Society, Labour Colony, Holy Prophet School, Suresh Building, NCC Plot No. 38, Malvani Ward R/S Kalpataru Garden CHSL, Ronak Arcade, Videocon Tower, Tirumala Krupa, Highland Complex, Acme Oasis, Sunshine Society, 5 buildings of Sapphire Heights Complex, Subhash Building Ward R/N Valmiki Chawl, Padwal Chawl Ward L Mushtaq Compound, Regal House Building, Dular Pachu Chawl, Pranam Housing Society, Gulshan Manzil Ward N A Wing - Parasnath Building, Sudha Park, Ghatkopar (East) See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/biocon-chairperson-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-says-indias-covid-19-vaccines-will-enter-clinical-trial-in-9-months/articleshow/75591805.cms">Don’t hold your breath ⁠— Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw says India's Covid-19 vaccine will enter clinical trials in 9 months</a>

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<ul><li>The Brihanmumbai Corporation (BMC), the Mumbai’s civic body identified over 383 containment zones in Mumbai. </li><li>The Ministry of Health defines COVID-19 containment zones as the area where several positive cases of Coronavirus are found. </li><li>The BMC also prepared an <a href="http://stopcoronavirus.mcgm.gov.in/insights-on-map">interactive map for Mumbaikars</a> to identify Coronavirus containment zones and information related to Coronavirus isolation zones. </li><li>Mumbai accounts for 686 active Coronavirus cases out of 1,135 in Maharashtra. </li></ul>The BMC extended the containment zones from 241 to 383 on April 14. Here is a list of extended containment zones containment zones in Mumbai . The authorities have also said that it will disallow entry and exit into those societies to contain the virus. What are containment zones? The Ministry of Health defines COVID-19 containment zones as the area where several positive cases of Coronavirus are found. “The cluster containment strategy would be to contain the disease within a defined geographic area by detecting cases in the nascent stage, breaking the chain of transmission and preventing its spread to new areas. This would include geographic quarantine, social distancing measures, enhanced active surveillance, testing all suspected cases, isolation of cases, quarantine of contacts and risk communication to create awareness among the public on preventive public health measures,” said the Ministry of Health. The difference between a hotspot and a containment zone is that the former are not seized but largely monitored for suspected cases. However, when a place is declared as containment zones, the areas are completely sealed, and no outdoor or indoor movements are allowed until permitted by the authorities. The BMC also prepared an <a href="http://stopcoronavirus.mcgm.gov.in/insights-on-map">interactive map for Mumbaikars</a> to identify Coronavirus containment zones and information related to Coronavirus isolation zones. <div type="image" title="mumbai containment zone map screen shot" msid="75046526" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Credit:BMC&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Here’s the list of all the containment zones ward-wise across the city: Ward A Perigreen house Ballard Pier, Kumtha Street, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road Ward D Ridge Road, Bay View, Hill View, Poornima, Sumangal, Elcide Building. Walkeshwar Road, Goenka House (A and B wing), Sankalp, Sanidhya, Shrikrishna Mahal, Arisha Mahal, Sathlug Terrace, Queen Boulevard Peddar Road, New Gardenia, Nilkamal, Devashish, Padam Building, Bhagwat Niwas, Vimala Mahal, Jindal Bungalow, Suryakiran Girnar Apartments, Sanskriti, Shivam, Akashdeep, Alankar Building, Bhagwandas chawl. Orchid enclave (A and B wing), Mustan Apartments (A and B wing), Balwas Hotel Heera Panna (B wing), Seagle (A and B wing, Cadbury House, National Garage, Vasundara Bhavan Orbit HT (A, B A and C wings), Shaanka Sheth Mansion, D ward Municipal building, Bhaji Falli, Matru Mandir Jaslok Hospital, Diya Mansion, Aditya Birla Bungalow, Mitra Kunj building, Makabi Minar, Sukh Shanti Opera House Hostel, Fateh Manzil, Purushottam Niwas, BhatWadi Building Nepean Sea Road, Shimla House, Mehrina, Malabar Apartments Hanumant Bhuvan, Sagar Kunj, Brighten, Geetanjali, Dariya Mahal A K Marg, Najma Building, Garden View, Karim Building, Nirmal Nivas Hermes House, Vijay Sales, Uman Chamber, Laddabhai Mansion Angel Building, Berivilla, Dhan House, Dobh Villa Ward E Siddhivinayak, Vasudeo Pringle Marg, BMC building, Stable Street BIT chawl, Kushnumma Apartment, Suhag Palace, YMC Raod, SK Haffizzudin Marg, Morlane Wockhardt Hospital, Dr Anandarao Nair Road Ward F/S Narayan Ashram, Ganesh Galli Ward G/N Dr Baliga Nagar, Jasmine Mill Road, Matunga Labour Camp, Dharavi Ward K/E Shiv Shakti Apt. CHS, Shraddhanand Rd Vileparle (East) Padmavati CHS, Azad Road, Vileparle (East) Guru Arjun Dev CHS, Mahakali Caves Rd, Andheri (East), Bindra Complex Koliwada Plot, Jogeshwari (East), Slum Area Prem Nagar, Madras Majeed, Jogeshwari (East) Franciswadi, Jogeshwari East Ward K/W 21 A wing, New Heritage CHS, Minarette, 6th Floor, Flat No. 603, Khatiaj Hightech Tower, Kanwal Building Mateshwari Chawl Flat No. 502, Om Viraj Building, Paliram Road C-304, Redrose Raviraj Complex, Off New Road, Andheri Flat No.1503, Dhiraj Gaurav Heights, Near Infinity Mall A16, Building, No.48, LSMCHS, Manish Nagar, Andheri (W) Ward P/S Kailas Ram Krupa Building, Upper Govind Nagar, Malad (East) Deep Sadan Society, SV Road Anmol Towers Ward P/N Hanuman Nagar, Kurar, Quiescent Heights, Mindspace, Raheja Township, Interface Society, Farm Manor Society, Labour Colony, Holy Prophet School, Suresh Building, NCC Plot No. 38, Malvani Ward R/S Kalpataru Garden CHSL, Ronak Arcade, Videocon Tower, Tirumala Krupa, Highland Complex, Acme Oasis, Sunshine Society, 5 buildings of Sapphire Heights Complex, Subhash Building Ward R/N Valmiki Chawl, Padwal Chawl Ward L Mushtaq Compound, Regal House Building, Dular Pachu Chawl, Pranam Housing Society, Gulshan Manzil Ward N A Wing - Parasnath Building, Sudha Park, Ghatkopar (East) Other areas Birnchwood and Brentwood building,Hiranandani,Powai(14 days containment completed on01.04.2020)Mumbai-76 Prathmesh View residency , Village Road,Subhash Nagar,Nahur West,Mumbai-78 Divine CHs, Sububi CHS,Behind tirandaz School,front of Sainath Nagar,Powai IIt,Mumbai-76 Mhada Building Chawl Type 1/R,Room no 108,Kannamvar nagar,Vikroli esast,Mumbai 83 Ambika niwas,Neharu nagar,Kanjur East Mumbai-42 Vishvashanti CHS,Near Omega School,Khadan,Khindipada,Mumbai-78 Panchashil Society,Chaitanya Nagar,Opp IIT main gate,Powai,Mumbai-76 Tagor Nagar Group no 8,Vikhroli east Mumbai 83 Nanda sawant chawl,Sai nagar,Bhandup east mumbai 42 Samruddhi Garden BLDG,LBS road,Bhandup west,Mumbai-78,Joy Homes CHs LTD,LBS road,Behind dena bank,kashi nagar,valmiki nagar,Bhandup west,Mumbai-78 Anand Thakur Chawl Near Shivsena Shakha Khindipada 400078 Sitaram Jadhav Chawl Behind Mangat Petrol Pump Kaju Hill, Ganesh Nager, Bhandup(W) 400078 Nirmala Kumar Chawl Khindipada Darga Road, Nirmala Kumar Chawl Mulund (W) 400078 Room no. 1, Chawl no.1 Narayan CHS Sai Hill Bhandup (W) 400078 B-405 Arogyasadan Society Juvekar Road Bhandup (E) 400042 Buildings around Ambey ashirwad building ,chafekar bandhu road ,mulund east.4000811. Mulund east 400081 Buildings around Ambey ashirwad building ,chafekar bandhu road ,mulund east.400081 12 buildings around royal park ,madanmohan malviya road,mulund west 400080 MCGM quarters 18 buildings of mcgm staff quarters bhandup complex mulund west 400080 Koliwada Worli, Mumbai Ganesh GullyParel, Mumbai Mumbai accounts for the highest number of cases in Maharashtra Mumbai accounts for the highest number of cases in Maharashtra. It has 686 of 1,135 in Maharashtra and accounts for 40 of the 60 deaths in the state. India, which has 5,745 cases in all, is trying hard to stop the epidemic from spreading from Stage 2 to Stage 3, which is when community spread will be rampant. As of now, the government is hoping to arrest the disease within these hotspots and ensure unabated spreading does not occur. It is also considering extending the 21-day lockdown which is expected to end on April 14. 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