Frontline doctors are being attacked in India due to fears they may be infected

Doctors in India are being attacked and harassed over fears they may be infected after working with coronavirus patients

A worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant on a train carriage converted into an isolation ward for Covid-19 patients during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Howrah near Kolkata on April 5. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

And a doctor in the city of Surat, in the western state of Gujarat, was harassed by her neighbors on Saturday, according to a senior police official. For weeks, state and federal authorities have urged the public to avoid violence or stigmatizing medical staff, and have praised frontline workers -- but the attacks have continued.

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