Mumbai: Bangsan B City, the smallest of 24 wards Civic, has posted great achievements: nine consecutive days without registering a single Covid-19 case.
Despite having a small population of around 1.5 lakh, it includes a solid part of Mohammed Ali Road and Dongri, and P D Mello Road and the pier.
This area is with a bad hospital network (except for the state-run JJ hospital), high floating populations and inadequate sanitation have the best Covid control index.
In November so far, have enjoyed 13 zero days.
The last casing (2) was registered on November 10 even though civilian civilians insisted that at least 700 people were tested here every day.
“B Ward has a case in one digit for some time now.
In fact, it has the lowest proportion in tally 7.6 lakh city,” said BMC Health Officer Dr.
Mangala Gomare.
Because Covid’s pandemic began in March 2020, the area only registered 4,121 cases so far.
Other officials said the exposure to the virus must be high due to the condition of the cheek-by-gowl life.
“But it seems like it has caused herd immunity here,” he said.
Congress Mla Amin Patel remembers the pandemic starting with a bad record here.
While covid deaths as a whole have been around 1%, the area initially saw 10% mortality.
“Nearly 10% of positive cases on the ward will die,” Patel said.
But the plastic panic with the size of a sealed public health and isolating the patient helps examine the initial deployment, he said.
Changes in Pandemi B Ward’s profile.
Asking officials to conduct internal studies.
“The economic profile of the area is bad.
Houses close to each other and clogged without cross ventilation.
In some areas, the window opens to the neighboring building window,” said the additional Commissioner BMC Suresh Kakani.
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This area also has many illegal construction that does not observe basic civil rules.
Kakani ordered the study of why B, C and M east wards, despite having a large slum with poor living conditions, had the lowest Covid numbers.
“We think this can be some of the underlying conditions of the disease or the previous virus exposure that leads to immunity, but the team cannot find scientific reasons for that,” he said.
Local civilian officials and social activists said public health steps such as Roping Many volunteers of public health and using local influencers help during the first wave.
During the second wave, the focus is on vaccination.
B Ward’s Civic In-Charge Dhanaji Herlekar said the environment had 13 and one count of ‘zero’ in October and September respectively.
“We aggressively work to vaccinate maximum people.
So far, we have managed to vaccinate 95,164 people, “Hirlekar said.
Drive vaccines have been held in Madarsas and community centers.” We also hold many sessions only for women, “said Hirlekar.
Medical Health Officer B Ward, Dr.
Sandeep Gaikwad said , “We hang out with local people who know the area well because most of our staff don’t live locally,” he said.
The two groups work well in explaining the need to test, quarantine or get vaccinations.
“Those who died during the day -The early days are people with co-morbidity.
His death is very low now, “said Gaikwad.