Faced with the threat of a third Covid-19 wave, decreased antibodies among the slum population and expected inflow of migrant workers, the BMC is gearing up for tracing, testing, tracking and treatment. It has planned to deploy mobile testing vans, increase antigen testing and open more quarantine centres to deal with the potential new wave. Officials say they are again roping in private practitioners, as the past two waves have showed that people with symptoms consult their family doctors and hesitate to go to civic-run facilities.

A beneficiary receives an anti-Covid-19 shot at a vaccination centre in Dharavi. File Pic/Ashish Raje