Covid heroes
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Covid heroes
Description
No less courageous in the lockdown times has been the duty of the likes of an ACP in Ludhiana who tested Covid-positive days after overseeing the smooth movement of vegetables in the mandi. Cops have shown their humane face as never before: rushing patients to hospitals, distributing food to poor, guarding localities and ensuring social distancing. Every role in this fight is crucial.The job of these stoic stars is rendered tougher by the heart-wrenching necessity of them to keep a distance from their families, including infants and young children. To keep his family safe from himself, a doctor in Bhopal preferred to sleep in his car. It is reprehensible that some warriors on coronavirus duty have had to suffer attacks or face stigma and even eviction from rented homes in some quarters. They deserve nothing but accolades, just like the sanitary workers who were applauded and garlanded at every doorstep by the grateful residents of a street in Patiala, as they went about collecting garbage in their modest cart. No role is small in this fight.
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2020-04-15