BMC issues fresh guidelines for sealing of buildings in Mumbai as COVID-19 returns
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As per the new BMC guidelines, the whole building or a wing would be sealed if more than 20 per cent of the occupied number of flats in the building or wing has COVID-19 patients. The new BMC guidelines will come into effect from today, that is January 4, 2021.
Mumbai: Mumbai civic body - Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – has issued fresh guidelines for sealing of the buildings in the city if a large number of COVID-19 cases are detected among the occupants of the flats in those buildings.
As per the new BMC guidelines, the whole building or a wing would be sealed if more than 20 per cent of the occupied number of flats in the building or wing has COVID-19 patients. The new BMC guidelines will come into effect from today, that is January 4, 2021.
"With the continuous threat of rising cases of COVID-19 in the city of Mumbai in the past few days and detection of Variant of Concern (VoC) Omicron suggesting an increase in transmissibility, earlier guidelines issued on March 1, 2021, for sealed buildings stands revised," the order copy said.
