- The Corona came under control with the Dharavi model’s slogan ‘Chase the Target’.
- About 10 Lac people live in a small area of Dharavi.
- Difficult to implement Social Distancing due to dense population.
new Delhi. Coronavirus Pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the country, including Maharashtra . Record cases came to light in Maharashtra on Friday. But the slum colony Dharavi has raised new hopes for controlling the corona. The corona is now under control here. Not only this, the World Health Organization (WHO) has also mentioned the Dharavi Model.
The World Health Organization (Who) has praised the corona virus break in Dharavi, Mumbai’s largest slum area. The WHO states that today the area is on the verge of being freed from Corona due to efforts made to curb the corona virus in Dharavi. Corona can be prevented in association with National Integrity and Global Unity.
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WHO Director General Tredos Adhanam Gebreyesne has said that there are many examples around the world that have shown that even if the problem is very serious, it can be brought under control. Some of these examples are also in Italy, Spain and South Korea along with Dharavi in Mumbai.
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The UN Health Chief said that due to testing, tracing, social distancing and prompt treatment of infected patients in this slum area of Mumbai, people here have come close to winning the battle against Corona.
The WHO Director General emphasized the need for leadership, community participation and collective solidarity. He said that the corona can be controlled by working on this theory from countries where rapid development is taking place.
12 new cases occurred
The total number of corona virus infections has increased to 2,359 with 12 new cases of Covid-19 in Mumbai’s largest slum, Dharavi, on Friday. Treatment of 166 patients is currently underway in Dharavi. So far 1,952 patients have been discharged from hospitals. Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, is spread over 2.5 square kilometers.
Chase the target is the right model: Dighavkar
Even before the first case of Corona came to light in Dharavi on 1 April, we feared that the situation here could worsen. This is because 80 percent of the people here use public toilets. There are 10 to 15 people living in a small house in that area with a population of 8 to 10 lakh. Therefore, neither home isolation can be done nor can people follow social distancing.
In such a situation, we started working under the Chase the Virus. Under this, contract tracing, fever camps, isolating and testing people started. The school, college was made the Quarantine Center. Good doctors, nurses and 3 times good food. Muslim people were afraid during Ramadan, but they came out on their own, seeing better facilities at the Quarantine Center.
77% people returned home
Institutional quarantined 11 thousand people. There was considerable help from Sai Hospital, Family Care and Prabhat Nursing Home. The result of all these efforts is that there are only 23 percent active cases here. 77 percent of the people have recovered and gone home.
Many quarantine centers closed
The Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Dharavi Municipal School Transit Camp and the Square Bed Hall Dadar have been closed. Because there was no need to keep patients here. A total of 12 quarantine centers were built, 3 of them closed.
BMC employs 2450 people
A total of 2450 BMC people were working here. It ranged from sweeper to water opener. Similarly, the medical team of 1250 people were on contract. It consisted of 12 to 13 doctors. Everyone played a key role in defeating Corona here, working day and night.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India increased to 7,93,802 on Friday. Out of the total cases, 2,76,685 are active, 4,95,513 have been cured and discharged. 21,604 people have died due to corona infection.
