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| ‘So cute! What are they called?’ Indian couple names newborn twins COVID and CORONA | |
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| Coronavirus fever has taken a strange turn in India, with a couple naming their newborn twins Corona and Covid – reportedly to remind them about the hard times they are enduring amid the epidemic. | Coronavirus fever has taken a strange turn in India, with a couple naming their newborn twins Corona and Covid – reportedly to remind them about the hard times they are enduring amid the epidemic. |
| As India is under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus, a couple from the Indian city of Raipur found unusual inspiration from the situation. | As India is under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus, a couple from the Indian city of Raipur found unusual inspiration from the situation. |
| They decided to name their boy Covid and their girl Corona. | They decided to name their boy Covid and their girl Corona. |
| The 27-year-old mother told PTI news agency that these will be their names for now, but that they might change them later. | The 27-year-old mother told PTI news agency that these will be their names for now, but that they might change them later. |
| “When the hospital staff also started calling the babies as Corona and Covid, we finally decided to name them after the pandemic,” she said. | “When the hospital staff also started calling the babies as Corona and Covid, we finally decided to name them after the pandemic,” she said. |
| India, with a population of almost 1.4 billion people, so far has 2,567 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 72 deaths. | India, with a population of almost 1.4 billion people, so far has 2,567 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 72 deaths. |
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