Dharavi is on the verge of winning the war
Asia's most crowded slum, Dharavi is on the verge of winning the war against pandemic where places within the country with less population density are struggling to flat the curve. Dharavi has an area of 2.1 square kilometres and a population of about 1,000,000, with a population density of 717,780/sq mi. As official in India announced lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, this will not likely to work in the Asia's most crowded slum. Officials have worried intially about rate of spread of virus, but gradually Dharavi chased the virus. Officials have screened more than 7,50,000 people and according to Bloomberg data, number of cases per day are decreasing steadily. High recovery rate and analysis of virus origin are major parts contribute to Dharavi success. Source: Bloomberg “It was next to impossible to follow social distancing.The only option then was to chase the virus rather than wait for the cases to ...
