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COVID-19 outbreak: Biggest Mumbai Central colony sealed for 14 days

With 60 people testing positive in a short span, officials move to isolate SoBos sprawling Navjivan Society

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Navjivan Society in Mumbai Central East. FILE PIC

Navjivan Society in Mumbai Central East. FILE PIC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed Mumbai Central's Navjivan Society comprising 17 buildings after at least 40 residents were found COVID-19 positive in the past 10 days, with three of them succumbing to the infection. BMC had earlier sealed only 10 buildings, but after the number of cases started increasing rapidly, it has sealed the entire society.

The society has in all 750 people living in its 17 residential buildings. Bamboos have been raised at the main gate to prohibit entry.

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