''Dharavi model'' helps tame 2nd Covid- wave in Mumbai slum

The 'Dharavi model' of Covid-19 management and the vaccination drive have helped in successfully containing the second wave in the area, officials said.

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. The ''Dharavi model'' of Covid-19 management and the vaccination drive has helped in successfully containing the second wave in the area, officials said. A steady drop in coronavirus cases in Dharavi, a sprawling and congested shanty town that was once a Covid-19 hotspot, has brought huge relief to the civic authorities in Mumbai.