Officials Claim TV Actress Divyanka Tripathi’s Brother Has Coronavirus, She Negates Allegations, Terms Clapping For Medical Staff 'Hypocrisy'

While most of the Indian citizens are locked within the four walls of the house. TV actress Divyanka Tripathi’s brother has been quarantined because he happens to be a pilot who frequently flies to international destinations.

Divyanka Tripathi has put up a post on her social media where she has claimed that the society we live in gets mislead due to lack of information and neglects the hard work which flight crew, pilots etc have put in these difficult times. 

It was during her conversation with a media outlet she spoke at length about her brother. Quipped she, "My brother told me that he was flying the craft in and out of India which was cleared by Ministry of Civil Aviation like any other flight crew. 

His last international flight was about 13 days ago and he shows no symptoms of Corona and has been reporting every day to authorized govt doctors for the same.

All aviation crew who have done international fights in recent past have gone under self-quarantine but it does not mean that they are positive. It's just a safety measure."  

Now, what’s more significant is. that it is outside her brother’s Bhopal dwelling, posters have been put up the day before. She further said, "My brother willingly went into self-quarantine as it's his duty as a citizen. What's devastating is that a couple of days ago these labels were put up outside our Bhopal house (when his self-Quarantine period was almost over) with no indication that the person mentioned is 'Not a COVID-19 patient'. 

Another very important development is, there were also some officials who visited Divyanka’s home and said her brother has the corona-virus which according to the TV actress is a false allegation.

She further stated that now people have started stigmatising her. She has been further quoted as saying, “Such incidents have created a stir and raised eyebrows! It's rather stigmatizing! We completely appreciate the efforts being made to make our nation CORONA -FREE. But officials have to remember that we are respectable people living in a society and others have to be careful not falling prey to half information.”

She further took to her social media account to detail her experience. She wrote -  "#CoronaShaming is most dastardly act one can indulge into. Keep distance, be careful but don't lose empathy that primarily defines us as humans.
My brother is a pilot, willingly self quarantined at home while SHOWING NO SYMPTOMS for 13 days. Even if he would have been affected he would have got himself treated like any other dutiful staff.

Until recently, when officials posted a label outside our Bhopal house which is important but it 'failed to mention that he's NOT COVID POSITIVE', I didn't know what trauma airline staff was going through.
Several being made to leave their houses, many are being ill-treated, their families are being stigmatised...just because THEY CHOSE TO SERVE YOU OVER THEIR LIFE!

My father risks his life every day to provide other medicines from his pharmacy. My brother dared to keep flying till last government directive so that several stranded passengers can return home.

It's a risk so many brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers are taking every day providing us essential services, while their families can only pray for their well being.
We conveniently travelled and we are still shopping for our medicines, grocery etc but when it comes to addressing these selfless workers, some of us choose to ostracise them!

Least we can do is be respectful as neighbours and fellow citizens, let them live with dignity, if not thank them personally.