Medical staff including nurses and paramedical employees at a municipal hospital staff in Mumbai staged a protest on April 8 against the 'poor quality' of personal protection equipment (PPE) given to them.

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Employees of the K B Bhabha Municipal General Hospital in suburban Bandra gathered outside the hospital and staged a protest, after a woman undergoing treatment there died due to COVID-19 infection, an employee said.

The hospital staffers are demanding that they be quarantined as there is a serious risk of spread of COVID-19 in the facility. Two private hospitals in Mumbai have been sealed after some medical staff members there tested coronavirus positive.