A New Wave of Anti-Muslim Anger Threatens India’s Virus Fight
- Prejudices erupted after widespread infections at Muslim meet
- Authorities say many Muslims are too scared to report illness
Doctors conduct door to door screening at a camp at Dharavi, Mumbai on April 11.
Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
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The newspaper advertisement placed last week by a cancer hospital in India’s most populous state didn’t mince words: any Muslim patients seeking treatment must prove they didn’t have Covid-19.