Doctors check people for coronavirus symptoms in a slum area of Mumbai during India’s nationwide lockdown. Photo: AP
Doctors check people for coronavirus symptoms in a slum area of Mumbai during India’s nationwide lockdown. Photo: AP

Coronavirus: India’s doctors come under attack as virus stigma grows

  • Medical workers have been attacked elsewhere as people panic about catching the Covid-19 disease, but the situation is particularly bad in India
  • Trust in the health care system was already low, misinformation is ubiquitous on social media and the unprecedented national lockdown has only hurt matters

Doctors check people for coronavirus symptoms in a slum area of Mumbai during India’s nationwide lockdown. Photo: AP
Doctors check people for coronavirus symptoms in a slum area of Mumbai during India’s nationwide lockdown. Photo: AP
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