citiesUpdated: Mar 29, 2020 18:45 ISTMore than 62 people from Anand Nagar and Gandhi Nagar slums in Thane (East) were taken to quarantine centre in Kasarvadavli by the Thane Municipal Corporation on Saturday night after eight people from these slums came in contact with two people who tested positive for COVID 19 in Mumbai. All eight worked at a private hospital in Mulund, where the patients who were tested positive for the virus was admitted. The Thane Municipal Corporation quarantines the families of these eight workers along with the people they came in contact with. Sandeep Malvi, deputy municipal commissioner of TMC, said, “A man in Mulund tested positive last week for coronavirus [Sars-Cov-2] along with his 85-year-old mother. Malvi said, “We traced around 62 people from both the slums, including family and the people they came in contact with.

Source: Hindustan Times March 29, 2020 12:54 UTC