As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire across India, several disturbing reports have emerged of doctors and health workers being discriminated against by citizens, sometimes even outright attacked and insulted. Even in the national capital, doctors at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) appealed for help after health workers were reportedly evicted from their rented residences by panicking landlords under suspicions of coronavirus. Modi had referred to the doctors and other health workers as "incarnations of God" who were fighting the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in India at the frontlines. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, too, had earlier called the doctors "no less than soldiers protecting our country" and urged everyone to cooperate with the health workers. Authorities have asked citizens to maintain strict social distancing to cut the spread of the virus outbreak.

Source: dna April 02, 2020 06:45 UTC