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Now tracking the new emerging South Africa Omicron Variant

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    Posted: April 02 2020 at 1:59am

I know there was an old India thread, but it got buried with all the recent ones. 


This is very serious news and could lead to the start of a significant reduction in Indian population.  Given the conditions, where social distancing is impossible,  the Infection Fatality Rate could be much higher the "around 1%" that has been quoted, and the Case Fatality Rate should be higher than the 5% (from the latest WHO world figures)  Also if this gets into any refugee camp then there could be masses of deaths in each camp.

Originally posted by "BBC Live News "BBC Live News wrote:

First infection in Asia's largest slum

Local authorities in India's financial capital, Mumbai, have confirmed that a 56-year-old man in Dharavi slum, which is home to more than a million people, has tested positive for Covid-19.

Indian media reports from earlier this morning say that the man has died

 - but we don't have official confirmation of this yet. 

Officials have sealed the building he lived in and have quarantined seven family members. 

The slum lies in the centre of Mumbai on prime property. A city within a city, it is one unending stretch of narrow lanes, open sewers and cramped huts. 

Experts have pointed out that while social distancing is crucial - it remains near impossible in heavily congested areas like the Dharavi slum. Residents here often share overcrowded quarters and so the choice to stand two metres apart isn't a realistic option. 

This has spurred concerns over the potential impact as tracking the virus in such a crowded and congested area will prove challenging.

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did you see the masses fleeing the cities? 

Be all over India....

Will be a disaster.....

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