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Role of doctors and police force during lockdown .
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Many workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, police, pilots, railway workers and rubbish collectors, are braving grave odds every day.
And medical staff are at the forefront of these efforts.
Dr Taarini Johri, a medical officer at a government-run hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad, said the medical sector "was not prepared to deal with the crisis".
"Doctors and nurses working in the coronavirus wards have good safety equipment. But doctors who are screening patients don't have the same despite the fact that we are at most risk," she said. "A lot of doctors are at risk. We desperately need more safety gear."
"We need to build makeshift hospitals quickly. If community transmission aggravates, we will have to be ready for it - it will be unlike any scenario we have seen before or we are trained for," she said.
She added that the flu season is making matters worse.
"There is so much panic. People are reaching hospitals with minor coughs and colds, thinking they are infected with Covid-19. So, we need to keep hammering the right message about how to identify coronavirus symptoms."
Dr VK Batra, who has been practising medicine in Delhi for more than three decades, says doctors are "doing everything we can".
"I have just one key message for people - stay at home. Just do this for a few weeks and we may have a fighting chance to control the outbreak."