Coronavirus Lockdown: Newborn Twins Names ‘Corona’ And ‘Covid’

Efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus in India amid the lockdown a couple in the centre-east of the country is set to name their newborn twins as ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’, IndiaToday report.

The two words evoke fear and devastation in minds of others, but for the Raipur-based couple, they symbolise triumph over hardships. The twins – a boy and a girl – were born during the ongoing novel coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown.

The names, they said, would remind them about all the hardships they conquered amid the lockdown, ahead of a successful delivery on the intervening night of March 26-27 at a government hospital in Raipur.

However, the couple said they may change their decision later and rename their kids.

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