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Dharavi model helps tame 2nd COVID-19 wave in Mumbai s slum town
Officials said that the Dharavi model of COVID-19 management and the vaccination drive have helped in successfully containing the second wave in the area.
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A health worker collects a swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Dharavi, one of Asia s largest slums, in Mumbai. (File photo | AP) By PTI
MUMBAI: After reporting up to 99 COVID-19 cases daily in April, Mumbai s slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual drop in single-day infections - below 5 - in the last couple of days with the tally of patients under treatment dropping to 50, marking a turnaround in the second wave.
Four persons are feared trapped in the debris after the slab of a building collapsed in the Zaveri Bazar area of south Mumbai today afternoon, a fire brigade official said.