Discriminating and misbehaving with COVID 19 infected is punishable  

Infected and recovered people facing humiliation and hardship in the community due to the social stigma against them

Surkhet, Nepal

RSS

As the COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping across the world, it has caused enormous disruption to lives of children, elderly people and people with disabilities and sickness as they are experiencing worry, anxiety and fear. People's reaction to infected people is also a problem as some are mistreated and despised by the community. 

To tackle this discrimination and harassment, the District Administration Office Surkhet has urged all not to misbehave with COVID-19 patients as well as those suspected of carrying the coronavirus. The DAO states that such behaviour is punishable and inhuman as well. It emphasised that the infected people needed more affectation and support to defeat the trauma of COVID-19.

 Some people who returned home following complete health recovery after staying in isolation and quarantine, and hospital are facing humiliation and hardship in the community due to the social stigma against them.

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