As India’s financial capital Mumbai battled a growing number of coronavirus cases, local DJ Sanjay Meriya set aside his turntable and dusted off a long-unused medical degree in order to help out.

Meriya, 30, known as The Spindoctor in Mumbai music circles, began work last month as a medical volunteer after spotting a government newspaper ad asking for help.

Sanjay Meriya plays music inside his home after returning from a temporary health centre where he coaches slum dwellers on the precautions they should take to avoid being infected with Covid-19, in Mumbai, India, May 25. — Reuters
Sanjay Meriya plays music inside his home after returning from a temporary health centre where he coaches slum dwellers on the precautions they should take to avoid being infected with Covid-19, in Mumbai, India, May 25. — Reuters

He has chiefly been visiting a slum in one of Mumbai’s worst-hit suburbs, clad in a protective suit and gloves, to instruct local residents about the precautions they should take to ward off the coronavirus.

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