Screening, detection and work related to COVID-19 care have severely affected the treatment of other communicable diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy across the city. Data indicates that the number of fresh cases of leprosy and TB reported this year is much less than last year's tally. Hence, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to carry out a door-to-door survey to screen people for both the diseases starting December 1.

Civic officials said that last year there were more than 58,000 cases of TB, and 453 cases of leprosy were detected between April 2019 and March this year. After the lockdown came into effect, the numbers dropped drastically. While 29,512 TB cases were reported between January and November (till November 25), for leprosy, only 62 cases were reported between April and November (till November 27).