Summary:
With M-West ward that covers Chembur clocking in the highest number of new COVID-19 cases, a majority of them from high-rises, the ward office on Monday started issuing new guidelines to societies and directed the hawkers to undergo Covid-19 tests.
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With M-West ward that covers Chembur clocking in the highest number of new COVID-19 cases, a majority of them from high-rises, the ward office on Monday started issuing new guidelines to societies and directed the hawkers to undergo Covid-19 tests.
A week ago, the ward was recording less than 15 new cases daily, which has now increased to more than 25 cases.
The daily COVID-19 growth rate of the ward is 0.28%, higher than the city’s average growth rate of 0.14%.
Civic officials have blamed negligent behaviour by citizens who are violating guidelines issued by the Centre and state government.
Taking cognisance of the situation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started issuing stringent guidelines to residential societies in the ward with the subject line—‘Appeal/Instructions to all societies to follow strict covid guidelines’.
The notice has laid down five basic guidelines that societies need to implement.
These are – “Your society will restrict the entry of outsiders to a minimum including maids/milkman etc; measures like thermal screening to be strictly implemented; positive cases, if any in society, to follow strict quarantine guidelines by the family for 14 days; others in the family to get tested compulsorily as high-risk contacts and any other symptomatic person in society to get checked for Covid through MCGM.”
The notice further reads that the civic body has started sealing buildings and societies with a higher prevalence of COVID-19 cases.
There has been an increase in group infections in the ward with the public dropping their guard.
“We have also started a house-to-house survey.