Mysore/Mysuru: Now COVID-19 variant may be relatively milder than its more devastating predecessors but the efforts to tackle its spread have by no means been easier. Staff and volunteers at War Room and home isolation teams have to face rudeness and hostility of patients as well as their family members in most cases.
Many persons who test positive do not respond properly when the volunteers and health department staff deputed at 24x7 War Room make calls and they have to face rude replies. “The stigma has still not gone and misconceptions still prevail. People do not understand that the symptoms are mild in most cases now. However, we make our best efforts to minimise their anxiety,” said District AYUSH Officer Dr. B.S. Seethalakshmi, Nodal Officer for the War Room.
