Mumbai Civic Body To Seal Whole Or Part Of Building If Over 20% Flats Have COVID Cases
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued fresh guidelines for sealing of the buildings in Mumbai, amid rising COVID-19 cases. The guidelines shall come into effect from today, that is January 4, 2021. Also Read:28 Students, 2 Staff Members Of Thane School Test Positive For COVID-19
“With the continuous threat of rising cases of COVID-19 in the city of Mumbai in the past few days and detection of Variant of Concern (VoC) Omicron suggesting an increase in transmissibility, earlier guidelines issued on March 1, 2021, for sealed buildings stands revised,” the order copy said. Also Read: Punjab Imposes Night Curfew From 10 pm To 5 am, Shuts Schools Amid COVID19 Surge
It states that if more than 20 percent of the flats in one wing of the building or building complex/society are affected by COVID-19 patients, then the entire building or one wing of the building complex/society shall be sealed.
The BMC further notified that the patients and contacts shall strictly follow the extant guidelines of home isolation and hygiene etiquette while in-home quarantine.
“Patient/s shall be isolated for at least 10 days from onset of symptoms/testing (in case of asymptomatic patients) and no fever for continuous three days,” it said.
High-risk contacts will be home quarantined for seven days. They will be tested on the fifth to seventh day or immediately if they become symptomatic and further protocols will be followed based on their test results. All due care will be taken by the building management committees to ensure the supply of food, medicines, and essential commodities to the families in quarantine.
The de-sealing decision of the building/wing could be taken at the respective ward level.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 12,160 fresh COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Monday. As per the health bulletin, the active cases in the state stand at 52,422. The case fatality rate is 2.1 per cent.
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