A FEW HOURS after Anwar Ali (name changed), 36, returned to his house in Malappuram district in Kerala, he had unannounced visitors—a team of doctors and nurses, a panchayat member, an ASHA worker, an ustad (teacher) from the local madrassa and two policemen in plain clothes. All of them wore masks.
Ali was sleeping, tired after travel from Delhi where he had attended a meeting of the Tablighi Jamaat. His wife and mother panicked on seeing the visitors, but the familiar faces of the ustad, the panchayat member and the ASHA worker calmed them. The ustad told them the reason for the visit. They were hearing about COVID-19 for the first time. The doctors explained the risks involved and said Ali would be kept isolated in a hospital for a minimum of 28 days. The family members were asked to quarantine themselves in the house and to contact the doctors if any symptoms showed up.
This story is from the April 26, 2020 edition of THE WEEK.
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