Army of women health workers on India’s virus front line
By AFP
04 July 2020 |
3:13 pm
Unprotected and poorly paid, an all-women army of health workers confront suspicion, anger and the threat of infection as they go door to door searching for coronavirus sufferers in India's poor communities.
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