Patients spit on doctors in New York amid coronavirus chaos

'We’ve had people trash our lobbies, cursing, spitting, coughing on the faces of my employees,' says Dr JD Zipkin
Reuters Health

On top of gruelling hours and non-stop work due to the coronavirus pandemic, doctors in New York are having to deal with being spat on, verbally abused and more.

The state is the hardest hit in the US, accounting for almost half of the country’s more than 150,000 cases and climbing.