Apartment associations get proactive on testing, vaccination

Bangalore Apartments’ Federation, an umbrella organisation of 932 associations, working with private hospitals and BBMP

As the number of COVID-19 cases witnesses a steady rise, apartment associations have been proactively taking measures to tackle the second wave, including organising testing and vaccination camps in their premises. Anjali Menon, president of Aristocrat Apartments’ Association in Kasturinagar, said that most of the residents who had tested positive were primary contacts of those who had COVID-19. “There has been no case of community transmission within the apartment complex. We are doing what we can at the micro level to limit the exposure of our residents by requesting them to curtail their movement, apart from ensuring COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and other protocols are adhered to,” she said. R. Rajagopalan, association member of L&T South City in Arakere, said residents of the community of 1,998 flats are not allowed to sit on benches in open spaces, let alone congregate. “Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have restricted the number of people using passenger lifts at a time to two, and service lifts to three. However, following the second wave, people’s movements have reduced drastically. We have now tied up with HOPCOMS to have a mobile kiosk selling fruits and vegetables twice a week,” he said.