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Daaru Party at Mumbai Covid Centre: Video Goes Viral

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At a time when the city of Mumbai is reeling under massive second COVID surge with a sharp number of increase in the number of cases each day, a video of a party at one of the covid centres, has gone viral.

As per India Today report, a video of a party at a Covid centre in the Kalyan-Dombivali on the outskirts of Mumbai has been taking rounds of the social media, and for all the wrong reasons. The video shows some of the staff members consuming liquor at the facility.

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The staff members of the Covid centre organised an alcohol party at the facility near Mumbai at a time when covid protocols should be taken extremely seriously.

Mumbai has witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases and a night curfew has been imposed across Maharashtra in a bid to contain the spread. Action was initiated by the authorities after the matter came to light.

Staffer organised party, suspended

The incident took place at the Covid centre at Dombivali Municipal Corporation’s Savlaram Sports Complex. The health department of Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) had asked the contractor, who is running the facility, to suspend the staff member involved in the incident and issued a warning.

The video came to the fore after a passerby recorded the party. The local civic body faced criticism on social media after the video went viral.

“We terminated a staffer involved in it. The others were from outside the hospital,” said Dr Rahul Ghulam, director of the clinic.

As many employees work through the day at the Covid centre, the tent was set up adjacent to it. The incident took place when the staff members were off-duty.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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