The police quarters opposite my residential complex, housing over a hundred personnel, mostly officers of the beginner rank, lost its charm a month ago as the news of frontline law enforcers contracting the novel Coronavirus started trickling in.

It once buzzed with families and children who went to schools with our kids. Now they are nowhere to be seen. In fact, the residents of my complex who are mostly journalists and police families, have been sailing in the same boat because the family heads have been out in the field. The press persons have been reporting the pandemic while the police officers have been doing everything that they are asked to safeguard people. The media persons contracted the virus but most of them have recovered. The police personnel have not been so fortunate. The force has reported several deaths. Hundreds have been infected across the state and their number is expected to grow further. The morale of the force doesn't seem to be as high as it was when they first stepped out to fight novel Coronavirus.