But in some places health care workers, stigmatised as vectors of contagion because of their work, have been assaulted, abused and ostracised. In India, a group of medical workers was chased by a stone-throwing mob. Authorities have said that the confirmed cases include more than 500 health care workers. In a televised speech this month, the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, warned that people who discriminated against health care workers would be dealt with swiftly. Let them starve.”In India, health care workers have reported being physically attacked, spat at and threatened with sexual violence for treating patients with the coronavirus.

Source: bd News24 April 28, 2020 01:41 UTC