The risk of exposure to the virus in urban slums was twice that of the risk in non-slum urban areas and four times the risk in rural settings, said ICMR DG Balram Bhargava New Delhi: One in 15 individuals aged 10 years and above were estimated to be exposed to SARS-CoV2 by August 2020, showing that a considerable population is …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s first sero-survey study, carried out in three wards of the city, has found that 57% of the respondents who were exposed to coronavirus were from slums and 16% of those exposed were from residential housing societies. The survey took place in Chembur, Matunga and Dahisar areas for almost 14 days in the first half of July …
Urban areas across the developing world are characterised by an underbelly of shanty towns, slums, and other forms of informal settlements. The 2011 Census recorded 65 million slum dwellers, of which one-third resided in slums that did not exist on any government record The poor housing conditions within informal settlements make them a hotspot for the spread of the pandemic …
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