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SunSeeker

(51,368 posts)
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 01:03 AM Aug 2020

How a packed slum in Mumbai beat back the coronavirus, as India's cases continue to soar

City officials led by Dighavkar, the assistant municipal commissioner in charge of Dharavi, charted their own course. After identifying five areas reporting the most cases, they focused on screening every house for people with fever or low oxygen levels. Local doctors were enlisted to inspire confidence among residents.

Within 10 days, 47,000 people had been screened, and 400 symptomatic people were tested for the virus, with 20 percent turning out to be positive. An additional 4,000 people, including contacts and those with co-morbidities, were placed in institutional quarantine.

Health-care camps were set up in prominent locations in the slum where people could walk in and get a free virus test. Officials urged dozens of private clinics in the area to remain open so more cases could be detected. In turn, the government provided them with protective gear and daily sanitization.

“We chased the virus,” Dighavkar said, “instead of waiting for people to report it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/how-a-packed-slum-in-mumbai-beat-back-the-coronavirus-as-indias-cases-continue-to-soar/2020/07/30/da859532-d039-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_virus-mumbai422pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

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Yup, Trump provided states with less than what a third world slum got.

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How a packed slum in Mumbai beat back the coronavirus, as India's cases continue to soar (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 2020 OP
Murikafuggyeh is the real "shithole country." Grokenstein Aug 2020 #1
Stories like this and the New York one shows that we can do better but people have to be willing to JI7 Aug 2020 #2
He wants everyone but zentrum Aug 2020 #3

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
1. Murikafuggyeh is the real "shithole country."
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 02:02 AM
Aug 2020

With some actual leadership from a genuine grown-up, maybe we can climb out of that hole.

JI7

(89,174 posts)
2. Stories like this and the New York one shows that we can do better but people have to be willing to
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 08:29 AM
Aug 2020

make the effort . Put in the resources , follow what is advised to keep the virus from spreading.

It might be difficult at first but in the long term it would have been better.

While Mumbai and some other areas in India did well the country still has open borders between states, cities etc so you need to do it everywhere to control it.

The same in the US , Europe and other places.



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