A couple in India have named their newborn son ‘Lockdown’ after he was born during the Coronavirus lockdown period.
Proud parents, Manju Mail and Raghunath welcomed the child in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during the country’s 21-day strict lockdown.
When the staff at the hospital asked the couple what name should be written on the birth certificate, they said ‘Lockdown.’
The mother, Manju said; “He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,” the Times of India reported.
Her husband added: “My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout our life. It is a significant name.
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“The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.”
The news comes just a week after another Indian couple from the neighbouring village Chhattisgarh, named their newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘Covid’.
Another Indian parent has named her twins born during the coronavirus lockdown in her country after the deadly virus. Preeti Verma, from central India, named the boy COVID and the girl Corona.
An Indian couple have reportedly named their newborn twins ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’ despite the havoc caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The two words, ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’ were derived from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a deadly disease that broke out from Wuhan in China.
The couple from Chhattisgarh who welcomed the twins during the ongoing coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown decided to name them ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’ because the kids symbolise triumph over hardships.
According to the couple, the names would remind them about all the hardships they conquered amid the pandemic.
“I was blessed with the twins, a boy and a girl, in the early hours on March 27. We have named them COVID (boy) and Corona (girl) for now,” Preeti Verma, the 27-old mother of the newborns, said.
“The delivery happened after facing several difficulties and therefore, I and my husband wanted to make the day memorable.
“Indeed the virus is dangerous and
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