Doctors in India say they are being discriminated against over fears they may be infected after working with coronavirus patients. Some doctors have even reported being evicted, or facing threats that their electricity will be cut off.
India has reported 562 cases of the novel coronavirus so far, a relatively low number given the country's size and density. But there are signs of rising anxiety amid a dramatic nationwide lockdown, with scenes of panic buying and targeted harassment of doctors and other frontline workers.Medical staff in the national capital New Delhi say they have been ostracized and discriminated against by their communities due to fears that they may be infected after working with coronavirus patients.
Hide Caption 78 of 154 Photos: The novel coronavirus outbreak A worker in Daegu stacks plastic buckets containing medical waste from coronavirus patients on February 24.Hide Caption 79 of 154 Photos: The novel coronavirus outbreak Paramedics carry a stretcher off an ambulance in Hong Kong on February 23.Hide Caption 80 of 154 Photos: The novel coronavirus outbreak People attend a professional soccer match in Kobe, Japan, on February 23.
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