NEW DELHI : The government on Wednesday passed an ordinance to end violence against health workers, making it a non-bailable offence that carries an imprisonment from 3 months to 7 years for the guilty.
The ordinance comes as an amendment to the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and makes any such acts of violence as cognizable and non-bailable offences.
It will be implemented after the President's nod. “We have seen that our health workers, who are doing the most crucial duty for the country are being attacked, their property is being damaged and are facing harassment as they are suspected to be carriers of the novel coronavirus.