Akshay Kumar Reacts To Coronavirus: It All Boils Down To Maintaining Proper Hygiene
News
oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
Bollywood
superstar
Akshay
on
Sunday
urged
people
to
maintain
proper
hygiene
amid
novel
coronavirus
scare
across
the
globe.
The
novel
virus
originated
in
the
Chinese
city
of
Wuhan
in
December
last
year
and
has
claimed
over
3,000
lives
in
the
country.
Many
events
around
the
world
have
been
cancelled
amid
the
COVID-19
outbreak,
including
film
festivals
and
music
concerts.
Release
of
much-awaited
James
Bond
film
No
Time
to
Die
has
also
been
pushed
by
seven
months
to
November.
When
asked
if
the
Hindi
film
industry
will
be
struck
by
the
growing
concern
around
coronavirus
in
the
country,
Akshay
told
PTI,
"There
will
be
some
effect
but
how
much
that
is
difficult
to
say.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
has
said
people
shouldn't
go
to
crowded
places
and
safety
measures
should
be
taken."
"It
all
boils
down
to
maintaining
proper
hygiene.
One
has
to
be
very
careful.
We
all
have
come
down
to
the
basic
way
of
greeting
people,
that
is
'namaste'," he
added.
The
Union
Health
Ministry
had
recently
advised
to
either
avoid
or
postpone
mass
gatherings
to
prevent
spread
of
COVID-19.
In
case
such
gatherings
are
organised,
the
respective
states
should
take
necessary
action
to
guide
the
organisers
on
precautions
to
be
taken,
a
communication
from
the
Ministry
had
said.
Apart
from
China,
over
3,400
people
have
died
of
the
deadly
disease
and
over
101,000
have
been
infected
from
the
virus
globally.