Saluting the Covid Warriors of India
This year saw millions of lives getting unsettled or destroyed with the pandemic. We must salute the Covid Warriors, both groups and individuals who are helping make this world a safer, better place.
The year 2020 saw millions of lives getting unsettled or destroyed with the pandemic. But at the same time there were many acts of kindness, selflessness and bravery as people did their bit to help humanity. These Bravehearts made sure that whatever the situation, they will help people. With 2020 ending, we must salute the Covid Warriors – both groups and individuals who are helping make this world a safer, better place:
Sanitation workers: These heroes have worked very hard to ensure that our surroundings remain safe and hygienic to prevent the spread of the virus despite the constant risk to their health, being poorly paid and without any protective gear.
Healthcare workers: The biggest warriors in the fight against the virus have been the doctors, nurses and healthcare support staff like ambulance drivers, ward boys and others. They worked double shifts, risked their lives, provided support to the families of covid patients on the calls, stayed away from their own families for long spells of time.
ASHA workers: ASHA workers mostly come from poor families, and are voluntary workers. In this pandemic, ASHA workers went door to door, identifying those with symptoms and conducting surveys, sometimes without the safety of masks, PPE or other equipment.
Self Help Groups: Since March, when the pandemic started in the country, women Self Help Groups (SHGs) from across the country have been working hard to produce masks, sanitizers and other protective equipment such as gloves, caps, face shields and shoe covers for frontline workers. They also helped in dissemination of information, creating awareness, running kitchens for providing food.
Police: This pandemic the police worked round the clock to ensure our safety. They often helped people in need, supplied essentials to senior citizens, arranged food for migrants and homeless, dressed up in protective gear and different costumes to spread awareness, delivered cakes and sang birthday songs for the elderly.
Along with these groups there were a lot of individuals who helped people in different ways. Individuals like 65 year old Dr Ramchandra Danekar who travelled 15 Km to treat patients, Minal Dakhave who made India’s first Covid-19 testing kit just a day before she delivered her baby, Subrata Pati who sat on a tree to take online classes, KK Shailaja who controlled the Covid-19 spread in Kerala, Sonu Sood who arranged transport for migrants and many more who worked hard to keep the people of the country safe and healthy. So now it is our duty in the New Year to make sure to follow precautions so their sacrifices are not in vain.
