It is to be noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier warned citizens against mistreating healthcare professionals
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire across India, several disturbing reports have emerged of doctors and health workers being discriminated against by citizens, sometimes even outright attacked and insulted. It is important to remember here that the medical health professionals are fighting the virus outbreak at the frontlines and it is uncalled for to insult the very people who are risking their lives to protect fellow citizens.
An ambulance carrying family members of a deceased COVID-19 patient in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad was on Wednesday pelted with stones that left a few of the medical staff gravely injured. A police team that reached the spot to evacuate the medical personnel were also pelted with stones.
Hinting at the fact that these instances will not be taken lightly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered action against the people involved in the stone-pelting incident, under the National Security Act (NSA). In addition to this, action will also be taken against these people under the sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act.
It is to be noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier warned citizens against mistreating healthcare professionals, especially during this time of crisis when they are risking their own lives to protect everyone else. Modi had referred to the doctors and other health workers as "incarnations of God" who were fighting the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in India at the frontlines.
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis exacerbates in India, the central government on Wednesday earmarked 170 districts as hotspots in the 'Red Zone' with the aim to adopt stricter lockdown measures in these regions for checking the pandemic outbreak in its tracks. The Red Zone hotspots are essentially the regions that have reported a significant number of positive cases, contributing more than 80% of cases in India with a doubling rate of less than four days.
Meanwhile, 207 non-hotspot districts ith clusters and non-infected districts have also been classified as 'Green Zone'.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also stated that there is no community transmission of India so far, adding that the chain of transmission of coronavirus can be broken successfully if no case is reported for 28 days from a particular area.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Tuesday morning announced the extension of the countrywide lockdown till May 3
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