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NEW DELHI, March 27 — They have been hailed as India's coronavirus “heroes,” but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked and in some cases evicted from their homes by panicked residents. Some e-commerce giants have even halted deliveries partly due to...

Health department officials and doctors participate in a mock drill practice with a mock patient at SRN Hospital, amid concerns over the spread of the Covid-19, in Allahabad March 18, 2020. — AFP pic

Sanjibani Panigrahi, a doctor in the western city of Surat, described how she was accosted as she returned home from a long day at a hospital that is treating Covid-19 patients. This week, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences appealed to the government for help after health workers were forced out of their homes by panicked landlords and housing societies.

Airline and airport staff, who are still being called on for evacuations of Indians stuck overseas and management of key cargo deliveries, have also been threatened.

 

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