MUMBAI, April 17 — In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV footage of crowded slums, the frontline in the city's battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus. When cameras captured dozens of shoppers...
Friday, 17 Apr 2020 12:40 PM MYT
When cameras captured dozens of shoppers thronging a market in Mumbai's low-income Dongri area last week, violating the countrywide lockdown begun on March 25, officials called in the police to disperse the crowd.To help enforce a lockdown in what is one of the most densely populated areas on earth, authorities are using drones, re-oriented traffic cameras, and heat maps, but these can fall short when it comes to maze-like slum alleys.
Confirmed cases in the city have ticked up above 1,900, including 113 deaths, making up around 15 per cent of India's more than 12,000 known cases. Around 82 per cent of coronavirus patients in Mumbai are stable, with just 2 per cent requiring critical care, the data shows.Authorities have cordoned off parts of the slums, set up special fever clinics and created massive quarantine centres in a stadium and empty government buildings.
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