SRINAGAR: They have been hailed as India’s coronavirus “heroes,” but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked and, in some cases, evicted from their homes by panicked residents.

Some e-commerce giants have even halted deliveries partly because of the harassment of staff while Prime Minister Narendra Modi said abuse of hospital workers had become a “huge issue.”

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