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Mum: Only 0.5% of 1L cases in institutional quarantine

Mumbai: Even when Mumbai reported the maximum Covid cases in one day at 20,971 last week, on January 7, the number of individuals currently under institutional quarantine has become the lowest since the pandemic struck.
When the pandemic first hit Mumbai in March 2020, during the early months, more than 10,000 people were in institutional quarantine.
In May 2020, for example, the number was 10,260.
However, in the current situation, only 542 people were in institutional quarantine facilities while the total active case of 1.03 lakh.
Officials pointing several reasons for this, one is that more positive cases are reported from non-slum areas.
Dr.
Bhupendra Patil, medical health worker, M-West Ward, also, said 95% of cases from his area, Chembur, came from the building.
“In some cases, positive patients from the slums told us that they did not use community toilets because they had one in their home and therefore would not choose institutional quarantine.
However, if we feel that patients are at high risk to infect family members, We insist on turning them into institutional quarantine, “said Patil, added without a situation like locking now, people who don’t have a job.
Options from houses are hesitant to move to institutional quarantine for fear of long leave and salary loss.
Corporator Congress and Opposition Party leader Ravi Raja said unlike severe second waves, this time because of the lighter case, so people were also somewhat hesitant to enter institutional quarantine.
Mla Rais Shaikh said in the first wave, especially house isolation was never considered.
“A general practitioner also realizes how to deal with positive patients is not like in the first wave,” Shaikh said.
Supplementary City Commissioner Suresh Kakani said even though there were some under institutional quarantine, administration did not see reducing facilities.
“At present, 93% of Covid cases are not from slums.
But in terms of numbers in slum, the need for institutional quarantine can rise again.”

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