The pandemic is forcing residential societies in the city to become overtly cautious about allowing outsiders in. So much so, that they are telling house help and drivers to produce health certificates. Oberoi Gardens in Kandivli has allegedly told house help to provide negative COVID-19 test reports. A society resident has complained to BMC saying a doctor on the premises gives prescriptions for such tests without even examining the maids.

Based on the complaint sent to the R South ward office and the chief minister on June 24, the resident said the managing committee members of the society were only allowing full-time maids who could produce negative COVID-19 test reports to prove that they were not infected. In the letter, the resident claimed the committee was discriminating between maids and other people, saying while part-time maids weren't allowed, technicians for repair work were allowed based on health certificates even though the risk of the infection spreading was the same. The society has about 300 flats.