Assam Police use Jim Carrey's 'The Mask' reference to spread COVID-19 awareness

With coronavirus lockdown in place, Indian police departments are getting creative with ir social media updates related to deadly disease. recent to join bandwagon is Assam police, who used famous American superhero comedy film ' Mask' reference to urge people to wear face masks while going out. Assam police took to Twitter on April 17, where department urged people to carry a mask while going out and wear it in public places. Assam police used reference from Jim Carrey's 1994 flick.

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post is garnering a lot of reactions from netizens who flooded timeline with praise for department. One user suggested that ws of admin be raised based on recent tweet alone. Ar user lauded great humour display in se difficult times. After receiving a lot of positive reactions, Assam police's posted ar movie-related awareness mess on April 18. Assam police used Sholay reference to advice people to t ride pillion on motorcycle amid health crisis. 

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India had gone under a complete nationwide lockdown on March 25 for 21 days, which was extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 for ar two weeks. According to data by worldometer, India has recorded 14,425 coronavirus cases so far, of which 488 people have lost ir lives. re are currently 11,892 active cases in country, while 2,045 patients have been treated successfully. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus pandemic has infected over 2.26 million people globally and has killed nearly 1,54,000 patients since it first broke out in December 2019. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in Chinese city of Wuhan, initial epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being traded illegally. Currently, United States, Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom are most affected countries in world with a recorded death toll of 14,000 and above.

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