Corona in Mumbai:BMC says it will seal the building with more than 10 positive cases.

Amid the increasing cases day-by-day in the country as well as in the State Capital Mumbai the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, also known as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.

The BMC has issued a key notice to the public of Mumbai that any building that has got more than 10 positive cases will be sealed by the BMC Official.

The guidelines have been passed on Thursday by BMC.Since the beginning of September, the spread of COVID-19 infection has witnessed a significant rise in the buildings, taking the number of sealed buildings to 8,763 on September 15, from around 6171 buildings on August 31, 2020.The number of containment zones, in slums and chawls, however, has not surged so much as compared to sealed buildings.

BMC data shows Mumbai has only 592 containment zones on September 15, as compared to 567 zones on August-end.Earlier on May 13, BMC had issued guidelines about sealing the buildings on finding one or more COVID-19 cases in a building.

It is also mentioned that Home Quarantine patients and other patients have to install the Arogya Setu App to monitor the movements and improvements of the patients.