Mob attacks healthcare workers who went to collect COVID-19 details
INDORE: Healthcare workers and civic officials were beaten up by angry
locals in a neighbourhood located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, during their visit to screen residents for signs of the novel Coronavirus infection.
According to a news report, two women doctors were injured in the attack and had to be rescued by police. In the disturbing footage of the attack that has now emerged, two healthcare workers dressed in light blue PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) suits can be seen running away from a small group of locals who are pelting stones and something resembling a large piece of plastic at them.
In the clip, a small group of local people form a mob of about 100 angry residents shouting abuses, throwing sticks and stones and chasing them down the narrow lane. Reportedly, at
least two confirmed cases of COVID19 infection have been confirmed at Taat Patti Bakhal of Indore, which is also one of two hotspots in the city, and as many as 54 families have been isolated despite resistance from locals.
Amongst all the cases reported from Madhya Pradesh so far, Indore alone accounts for 76 per cent.
In another shocking incident, a nurse and ASHA workers were attacked by residents in Bengaluru’s Sadiq layout for trying to carry out tests on suspected Corona symptomatic patients and also for collecting information of fever and cough from the residents.
A group of men in Muzaffarnagar’s Morana village allegedly attacked police when told to maintain social distance following COVID outbreak.