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We are treated like outcasts, say neighbours of deceased Mumbai man

Residents from the building of the patient who died on Tuesday say their neighbours of several decades are distancing themselves

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A newspaper vendor in Parel on Wednesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

A newspaper vendor in Parel on Wednesday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Rickshaw drivers outside the residence of the city's first Coronavirus-affected family in Ghatkopar have been idle for days. Barely anyone from the neighbourhood steps out. "There is a 'silent panic' in the area," said a watchman of the building where the 64-year-old lived.

He and five other watchmen from the building have tested negative for the virus. "None of the household workers or drivers have come since Tuesday."

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