Thread by @DrSubhasree

Case Study: Dharavi, Mumbai
(1/2) Asia's largest slum is #flatteningthecurve. Doubling in 44 days. 51% recovery, 4% mortality. No death in last 6 days. <20 cases/d. Thread
#Mumbai #MumbaiFightsCovid19

2/2: 'Mission Dharavi' by @mybmc was implemented across the slum. Strong #publichealth measures - Screening by fever camps, private clinic were effective tool to screen 3.6 lakh people out of 8 lakhs. Same strategy could have been applied to entire #Mumbai to reduce no. of cases.

BMC rolled out massive dosages of #Hydroxychloroquine across the slum as prophylaxis to prevent the infection. This might also contributed in early halt of #COVID19 in Dharavi. @MsAnaMcCarthy take a look at this thread. Success story from Asia's largest slum in Mumbai.

@BasuSayarnil take a look.

After #Dharavi, #Mumbai 1st containment zone, once a hotspot Worli koliwada is 70% decontained w/ just 1.9% growth rate, 38 doubling days. The containment model involves door to door screening, fever camps & provision of #hydroxychroloquine to high risk contacts of #COVID19 pts.

@vinayverma99 thanks for asking to do the case studies on Dharavi & Worli Koliwada. Both these places have now #FlattenTheCurve w/ 50% recovery.

@MsAnaMcCarthy @b_baruj another success story from Mumbai's most congested slum. #Hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis was rolled out to all quarantined high risk contacts. Now the growth rate of new #COVID cases has fallen to 1.9% w/ 50% recovery. Check.

@AUSBATTERYGRAD1 @HimalyanDoctor another case study from Worli Koliwada to look at.

@DrZevZelenko FYIP