Beware! This common insect can be coronavirus carrier; Amitabh Bachchan shares video, PM Modi retweets
Amitabh Bachchan has revealed that the common housefly could be a likely carrier of coronavirus disease. A video with regards to this has been shared on his Twitter handle. This tweet has been retweeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Coronavirus Disease or Covid-19 has spread like wildfire in many countries across the world and is very much here in India. It has spread so fast that people are now wondering wondering about how it is spread, how to protect themselves and who can spread. Amid all this clamour, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed some shocking facts about an insect that can spread coronavirus through a video he shared on Twitter.
Quoting a study, Bachchan has revealed that the common housefly could be a likely carrier of coronavirus disease. A video with regards to this has been shared on his Twitter handle. This tweet has been retweeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The claim has been made in a medical journal The Lancet. The study claims that Coronavirus is spread through houseflies. And where do houseflies get it from? Read on about big revelation.
See Amitabh Bachchan's complete message here
T 3481 - A study in the @TheLancet shows that coronavirus lingers on human excreta much longer than in respiratory samples.
Come on India, we are going to fight this!
Use your toilet: हर कोई, हर रोज़, हमेशा । Darwaza Band toh Beemari Band! @swachhbharat @narendramodi @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/VSMUHdjXKG— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 25, 2020
What is Amitabh Bachchan's message?
In the video, Big B says that the country has been fighting with the Coronavirus pandemic and everybody has to play a role in this fight. He says that Chinese scientists have found that coronovirus is also found in human excreta and it can survive on it for many days - even longer than what was previously thought! So even if a coronavirus infected person fully recovers, the virus still remains active on his excreta. A fly sitting on the excreta is a potential carrier of the disease, he says.
Amitabh appeals to the people to avoid open defecation in line with the PM's message of Swachh Bharat.
Do these 3 things
His appeal to the people is to participate in the fight against the Covid-19, like the country did in Polio eradication.
-- To regularly use toilets
-- Social Distancing
-- Washing hands for 20 seconds or more several times in a day; and never to touch face, nose or eyes
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