Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma Besides their ‘uniform’, the nature of their work makes swab collectors a conspicuous lot in the battle against COVID-19 “For the last 14 months, every working day, my shift has stretched much beyond the stipulated six hours,” says Latha (name changed). There is more to the new routine, with the most noticeable part of it being putting on the PPE suit and continuing in it. It obviously does not make for comfort, only safety. Latha is a lab technician on the payrolls of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), and her workaday life involves collecting swa...