Fear of stigma makes people dodge fever survey
The Hindu
To add to the problem, some CoV2 test results are showing as typhoid
Fear of stigma and ostracism are forcing villagers in Telangana to dodge the questions of ASHA workers conducting door-to-door fever survey. “People are not giving correct information as they fear they will get isolated. There is a sense of fear,” says Purna Nagula from Sircilla. To add to the problem, the testing for COVID-19 in rural areas has declined. “Earlier we were doing the tests in our village but now the testing has been shifted to Narmetta,” informed an ASHA worker from Jangaon district.More Related News