Sweepers deployed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to clean Kasturba Hospital, which is where initially many Coronavirus positive and suspect patients were admitted, have claimed they are not getting sanitisers to use right after work. The sweepers, who are BMC employees, claimed that the hospital authorities ask them to go to their ward booth's office to wash their hands and legs. The sweepers have demanded a bottle of sanitiser each, to use right after their work, before going to their booths to wash up, as these are a little away from the hospital.

On Saturday mid-day visited BMC ward booths in South Mumbai where sweepers who work at Kasturba Hospital wash up. Every day, the 280 sweepers (from A to E wards) visit the booths four times a day for attendance at 6.00 am, 11.00 am, 1.00 pm, 2.00 pm as per shifts, and 6.00 pm after work. Many sweepers who also work in other places also wash up here.