The BMC is now planning to screen vegetable vendors, shopkeepers, hawkers as well as auto, taxi and bus drivers and conductors, who come into contact with scores of people daily, so that the risk of them becoming superspreaders is reduced. The decision comes in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases. 

A senior official from the civic health department said, “Currently we are following the Central government’s guidelines but there are some steps which should be taken at a local level to prevent the spread of the disease. Even as there are no restrictions in place now, we have to be very careful because sudden outbursts of cases will lead to panic, which we want to avoid.”