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CORONAVIRUS IN DHARAVI
Two years after pandemic outbreak, Dharavi free of COVID-19Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi, once a coronavirus hotspot and a challenge for municipal authorities in implementing containment measures,...
Dharavi reports 107 COVID-19 cases, highest since start of pandemicKiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner of G-North ward, said the case positivity rate in Dharavi is 21 per cent as 107 new cases...
No new COVID-19 case in Mumbai's Dharavi; active infections at 11Dharavi had become a hotspot for coronavirus infections in the beginning of April this year, and had reported the highest 99 COVID-19 cases...
Three new coronavirus cases found in DharaviDharavi had witnessed an alarming rise in cases in the beginning of April 2021. It had reported 99 cases -- the highest daily spike so far ...
'Dharavi model' helps tame 2nd COVID-19 wave in slum townBMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) officials said the slum cluster, spread across 2.5 square km and located on the border of the isla...
World Bank praises efforts to arrest COVID-19 spread in Mumbai's DharaviThe Washington-based global lender, in its biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report, said that in the space of three months, by July 2...
Even with sky high numbers, Mumbai's COVID-19 recovery rate is better than the nation'sAccording to the data released by Maharashtra Medical Education and Drugs Department (MEDD) on Friday, the number of active cases in Mumbai...
Dharavi a global role model of COVID management, says Uddhav ThackerayThackeray said that Dharavi has shown to the world that coronavirus spread can be contained via self discipline and community efforts.
Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slumDharavi, believed to be Asia's largest slum, has been hailed as a success story in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, bringing ca...
3 to 19: Dharavi sees 6-fold jump in doubling rateDharavi reported its first Covid case on April 1. By mid-April, there were almost 100 positive cases. From April 27 to May 15, the G North ...
Dharavi's journey to becoming Mumbai s COVID-19 hotspotIt has just been 43 days since the city's most congested ward detected its first case at Dr Baliga Nagar on April 1, setting the alarm bell...
Slum dwellings pose challenge as Mumbai fights coronavirus outbreakAs coronavirus situation spirals, slum dwellings in Mumbai, where more than half of the city's 12 million population live in crammed space ...
Dharavi: 3K need institutional isolationCurrently, the only quarantine facility in Dharavi is a nearby sports complex with a capacity of 1,200 persons only, less than half the num...
COVID-19: Centre recommends increasing bed capacity in MumbaiIn keeping with the committee's directives, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been asked to arrange for more beds and increase tes...
11 new coronavirus cases in Dharavi; slum area tally rises to 71Dharavi is one of the largest slum areas in Asia. Nearly 15 lakh people live in shanties located in this highly congested area.
4 deaths & counting: Asia's biggest slum Dharavi has Mumbai's fingers crossedTaking note of the severity of the matter, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray extended the lockdown till April 30
What is turning Dharavi into a Covid nightmare of such magnitudeDharavi's new Covid cases made matters worse for state authorities already hard-pressed to control a surge.
Third Covid positive case linked to Mumbai's Dharavi raises concernThis comes after a 52-year old civic worker who worked in Dharavi was tested positive and a 56-year-old who had tested positive for coronav...
Covid-19: The 24-hour race to contain DharaviThe death of a 56-year-old man from Covid-19 pushes a state into red alert.
Asia's largest slum Dharavi reports first Covid-19 casualtyThe 56-year-old victim with no travel history owned a garment shop in the area.