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Covid-19: Mumbai moves high-risk cases from slums to lodges, schools

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MUMBAI : Taufiq Siddiqui, 38, a resident of Mumbai’s Dharavi slum, maintains a list of grocery items on his phone.

But when he steps out to shop, he buys only one item at a time, Siddiqui confessed. This he says gives him an excuse to step out of his shanty and breathe freely.

Siddiqui’s and his brother’s family share their 220 sq. ft home near Dharavi’s Jama Masjid. With 12 members in the family, he says finding a place even to sit has become tough because of the lockdown.

Considering that home quarantine is not a viable option for Mumbai’s slum dwellers like Siddiqui, the state government is hiring rooms from local lodge owners and turning sports complexes and schools into covid-19 care facilities.

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