But more than six months into the pandemic people were fully aware of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, and there was less need to publicise the cases, city officials said. "There is a stigma with the coronavirus disease and posters outside the house amplify that. We want more people to get themselves tested without thinking of stigmas," said Delhi environment minister Kailash Gehlot. Some residents in Delhi said that such was the fear over the disease that people tried to distance themselves from patients even after they had recovered. Other states such as Uttar Pradesh, the most populous, have also stopped publicising cases in the neighbourhood.

Source: bd News24 October 12, 2020 08:48 UTC