'We are very afraid' scramble to contain coronavirus in Mumbai slum
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Fears disease could ‘spread like wildfire’ in the incredibly congested slum of Dharavi
It was the news that many in India had feared. A 56-year-old man who lived in Dharavi, India’s largest slum, where almost 1 million people are densely packed together in a 2 sq km area in Mumbai, had tested positive for coronavirus. He died shortly after.
It has prompted a scramble by local authorities to halt the virus before it takes hold in this overcrowded, unsanitary enclave, which was the inspiration for Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire. Continue reading...