In an attempt to stop the expected second wave of the pandemic, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is leaving no stone unturned. Municipal Commissioner Abhijeet Bangar has begun the ‘Mission break the chain 2’ initiative to contain the spread by increased daily testing and tracing. NMMC has managed to keep the daily cases low, but believes the next 20 days are extremely important.

The government of India had cautioned of a second wave of COVID-19 infections after diwali. The NMMC, which had managed to bring daily cases below the 100 mark in the early days of November, has witnessed a slight surge in the cases after diwali. The daily testing which had come down to 1,000 tests per day (including antigen and RT-PCR tests) has now been increased to 3,000 tests per day.