Parents have been naming their children ‘Covid’, ‘Corona’, and ‘Lockdown’ as pandemic rages on
Monday, 06 Apr 2020 03:30 PM MYTThe twins were born not long after the Indian government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25. — Pexels pic
Vinay Verma and his wife, known as Preeti, welcomed their bundles of joy in Chhattisgarh, India shortly after the country went into lockdown on March 25, according to Preeti said she and her husband decided to name their baby boy and girl after the deadly virus in the hopes that it would give a positive association to the words “covid” and “corona.”
“So, my husband and I took an instant decision to name our twins Covid and Corona ,” Preeti was quoted as saying.
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