Around 350 beds combined in paediatric, NICU and PICU wards will be arranged for mothers whose children will be treated at the facility. (Representational Image) With a substantial rise in Coronavirus cases and a third wave expected, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to set up a paediatric Covid care facility along with … Read more
As COVID-19 cases are going up rapidly in Mumbai, the city civic body on Monday decided to discharge asymptomatic patients at the earliest to vacate beds for the patients with more serious symptoms. The civic body has also decided to place the order for procuring 1.5 lakh injections of antiviral drug Remdesivir and other medical … Read more
BMC made wearing masks must since April 8 as Covid-19 cases started increasing in the metro. Wearing masks inside private vehicles is no longer mandatory in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took back its earlier directives and ordered clean-up marshals to stop fining people who are not wearing masks inside their private vehicles. The … Read more
The dry run will be conducted on the lines of the dry run which was conducted last week in four districts. (Representative image) After having laid the basic infrastructure for the first phase of the Coronavirus vaccination drive, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has now instructed the officials to remain prepared to start vaccination as soon … Read more
Experts are of belief that Mumbai has a lot of biodiversity that remains unnoticed and undocumented. In order to perverse biodiversity in the city, Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given a go-ahead for setting up the first Biodiversity Management Committee. As the proposal was cleared, a 23-member committee will be formed which will be … Read more
MUMBAI: The results of the latest sero survey conducted in Mumbai has come in as a dampener for the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Both the government and BMC were expecting a higher percentage of people in the city to have antibodies in their body against the novel coronavirus, which would have meant … Read more
Mumbai: The second sero-survey of SARS- CoV2 in Mumbai has found that only 27 per cent health workers have developed antibodies despite being in constant contact with COVID-19 patients, the city civic body said on Friday. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in the first and as well as in the second round of … Read more
Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari has expressed displeasure over the handling of the Kangana Ranaut episode and the manner in which the Mumbai civic body razed “illegal alterations” at her bungalow, sources close to him said on Thursday. The governor summoned Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s principal advisor Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday, when the demolition was … Read more
Mumbai: In a major relaxation in the lockdown norms, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday said all shops in the city are allowed to remain open all days from August 5 irrespective of the odd-even rule. In a circular issued under the Mission Begin Again, the civic body also allowed the counter sale of … Read more
Mumbai: The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai rose to 88,795 on Thursday with 1,282 new patients being reported, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. As the virus claimed 68 more lives in the metropolis, fatality count due to the pandemic rose to 5,129, it said. The number of recovered patients in the city increased … Read more