Doctors in India are being attacked and harassed over fears they may be infected after working with coronavirus patients
A worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant on a train carriage converted into an isolation ward for Covid-19 patients during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Howrah near Kolkata on April 5. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
And a doctor in the city of Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, was harassed by her neighbors on Saturday, according to a senior police official. For weeks, state and federal authorities have urged the public to avoid violence or stigmatizing medical staff, and have praised frontline workers -- but the attacks have continued.
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