covid-19 cases in dharavi

Two years after pandemic outbreak, Dharavi free of COVID-19

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Two years after pandemic outbreak, Dharavi free of COVID-19

The sprawling and congested shanty town, said to be Asia’s largest, achieved the distinction on Thursday when no new coronavirus patient was found in Dharavi and at the same time there was no active case in the area, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official. Mumbai’s slum colony of Dharavi, once a coronavirus hotspot and … Read more

Coronavirus: How BMC made Dharavi bounce back during 2nd wave as daily cases drop to single digit

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Coronavirus: How BMC made Dharavi bounce back during 2nd wave as daily cases drop to single digit

Recently the officials opened two more vaccination centres to cater to the large population of the slum area at transit camp school and the SWC centre. Dharavi area in Mumbai which houses Asia’s largest slum appears to have tided over the second wave of Coronavirus as the area recorded just three new positive cases on … Read more