We live in a single-room chawl. How will we self-isolate here? Why are we shunted out of quarantine facilities even before our reports come back negative?” asks an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient who lives with her daughter, husband and his parents in Worli.

As asymptomatic COVID-19 cases are being discharged and told to stay in home quarantine, those who live in chawl rooms of barely 180-225 sqft with five to seven family members in it are concerned about transmitting COVID-19 to others. Many of them live with vulnerable senior citizens most of whom have ailments like diabetes, hypertension and even cardiac or neurological issues.