With Mumbai recording more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases daily, the BMC has now stepped up efforts to trace close contacts of patients. At least 10 people are being identified per patient and shifted to quarantine facilities. Just the way it is being done in Dharavi, the BMC has started door-to-door screening in Govandi and Kurla. They are also taking the help of local volunteers to overcome some on-field challenges.

Currently, L ward has more than 1,627 cases and M East has over 1,302 cases. While the screening process started in L ward two weeks ago, in M East, the door-to-door check-ups started three days ago. Prajakta Lavangare, IAS officer in charge of Zone VII that covers M East, M West and L wards, said, "We are already doing fever camps in the area and community workers are identifying the symptomatic patients. But we want to track the COVID-19 suspects early. We decided to take up house-to-house survey in containment zones in a thorough manner within a time limit of two to three days. We hope that we will be able to isolate them early and wean them away from the community to break the chain of infection."