Some of the newly-constructed SRA buildings, BMC schools, and playgrounds in the city will soon be used as isolation centres for Covid-19 suspects, BMC officials recently announced. This was decided in a meeting of the civic officials with disaster management officials, doctors and senior police officers from north Mumbai.

"We are making a list of all such places and have selected several of them including schools, SRA buildings and a couple of playgrounds that are suitable. We are looking for places that are easily accessible and one patient can be kept in a single room or in one tent and all standard isolation facilities would be provided to the patient," said an officer from P North ward (western suburbs). Police sources said that currently more than 1,000 patients are home quarantined in South Mumbai alone.