‘Untouchables’: how India’s coronavirus testers risk both infection and discrimination

Since March this year, Anil Gautam, a phlebotomist and swab technician, has changed into about 10 personal protective equipment (PPE) suits each day as he tests for new coronavirus cases in India’s capital.The suits do not allow air to pass through, making them uncomfortably hot. But it’s the patients that make his working conditions even more unbearable.They often ask him to conduct testing procedures in their society gardens or corridors, where temperatures can rise well above 40 degrees…

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