as one of Asia's biggest slums reports first coronavirus death

By Vedika Sud, Helen Regan and Esha Mitra, CNN

Updated 0401 GMT (1201 HKT) April 4, 2020

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/03/asia/india-doctors-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index...

New Delhi (CNN)One of Asia's biggest slums has confirmed its first coronavirus death as top Indian doctors warn that the country must prepare to face an "onslaught" of cases that could cripple the health system to levels far beyond what Europe and the United States are experiencing.
A 56-year-old man died due to Covid-19-related illness in Dharavi slum, in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai on Wednesday.
The patient, who had no travel history, died hours just after testing positive for coronavirus while being transferred to a local hospital, Kiran Dighavkar, an official with Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told CNN.

Several of the man's family members have been tested and placed under home quarantine, and the block of 300 homes and 90 shops that make up his densely packed neighborhood have been sealed off to prevent further infections.

On Thursday, a 52-year-old sweeper who works for the BMC in Dharavi also tested positive for coronavirus.
Home to around 1 million people, Dharavi slum has a population density almost 30 times greater than New York -- about 280,000 people per square kilometer.
Doctors say the situation would be unmanageable if a sustained coronavirus outbreak spread rapidly through one of India's many slums, where there is little sanitation or running water and thousands of people live cheek by jowl -- making social distancing physically and economically impossible.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 4^th, 2020 at 6:04pm:



What we see on our TVs now is nothing compared
to what will happen in India and Africa.

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2020 at 6:27pm:



Isn't that something that TRUMP said?

Not that there's anything wrong with changing
every thread into something about Trump. 

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2020 at 6:36pm:



If Trump said it then it must be correct.
The sun will kill it.

Don't worry Greggy - Ken has cured it.




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•Mar 30, 2020




As people of God, we have dominion and authority over COVID-19, because Jesus has redeemed us from every curse, which includes sickness, disease and every plague (Galatians 3:13).

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"In the Name of Jesus, standing in the office of the prophet of God, I execute judgment on you COVID-19. I execute judgment on you, satan, you destroyer, you killer. You get out. I break your power. You get off this nation. I demand judgment on you. I demand. I demand. 

"I demand a vaccination to come immediately. I call you done. I call you gone. You come down from your place of authority, destroyer. You come down and you crawl on your belly like God commanded you when He put His foot on your head in the Garden of Eden. You will destroy through COVID-19 no more.

'It is finished! It is over! And the United States of America is healed and well again,' saith the mighty Spirit called Peace, who is also the Prince of War, the Lord Jesus Christ."

We must choose to exercise our authority and dominion over COVID-19 with our words. Get into agreement with the prophet, and declare God's judgment on COVID-19. It is defeated in the Name of Jesus!

Frank wrote on Apr 4^th, 2020 at 6:58pm:



300,000 is close to zero, according to Frank   

Year nine maths, innit?

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2020 at 7:00pm:

0.0901% is pretty close to zero, Turd.
Proportion. You have no sense of it, of course, being a grinning jackass mong.