Amid the rapid and alarming increase in Coronavirus cases in Mumbai, veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar's Peddar Road building Prabhukunj was sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday, August 29, 2020. The civic body and the society members decided to seal it as a precautionary measure considering the number of senior citizens residing in the building. Reportedly, 11 people have been tested positive for the novel COVID-19 in Prabhukunj, which has housed the veteran playback for years. Assuring fans that the family is safe, the nonagenarian issued a statement.  

In the statement, the Mangeshkar family urged people to believe in rumours about their health and well-being. Informing that the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration was a simple one with only family members in attendance, the statement mentioned that the building members are taking the utmost care of every person's safety.  

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"We have been inundated by calls all evening enquiring whether Prabhukunj is sealed. The Building Society and the BMC have sealed it from the onset of the epidemic as we have senior citizens at home and in the building and it is mandatory to take these precautions. Even our usual festive Ganesha celebrations was a simple familial one this time to cooperate and support social distancing. Please do not react to any hearsay on the health of our family members especially. We, as a building society in unison, are taking utmost caution, care and co-operating to ensure the well being and safety of all the senior citizens especially and all the other residing members as well. By God's grace and the wishes of so many, the family is safe!" the statement read.