A view of Dharavi slums in Mumbai (file photo)
At least 7.5 lakh residents in Mumbai's slum town Dharavi will undergo tests for coronavirus in the next 10-12 days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday.
Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum, has recorded 14 positive cases of coronavirus so far, resulting in three deaths.
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Besides its own officials, the BMC will also enlist the help of 150 private doctors in the massive exercise.
Maharashtra, India's worst-hit state in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has so far recorded 1,135 cases of coronavirus, a tally that includes 72 deaths.
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India has witnessed 5,865 infections of coronavirus, including 169 deaths.
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