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Published 15:08 IST, March 16th 2020

Amitabh Bachchan issues Coronavirus advisory in blog post, marvels at nature's supremacy

Amitabh Bachchan in a blog post expressed his thoughts about the spread of Coronavirus, which has brought the entire world to a standstill. Read below-

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Amitabh Bachchan in a blog post expressed his thoughts about the spread of Coronavirus, which has brought the entire world to a standstill. The veteran actor pointed out that there has hardly been an event wherein 'humanity has displayed uniformity'. He further asked his followers to be 'safe, be alive and live'. Taking to his blog, Big-B asserted that in times of uncertainty, one should be safe, careful and strong. "It has been quite remarkable to experience the care affection and concern from the entire human universe .. a coming together to battle, to fight, against a common enemy", he said. 

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Amitabh Bachchan on Coronavirus 

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Meanwhile, amid the ongoing Coronavirus scare, the megastar cancelled his routine Sunday meeting at Jalsa and requested fans to take precautions. In a tweet posted on Sunday morning, Big-B appealed to his fans not to come to Jalsa and 'be safe'. He wrote that he won't be coming out to meet them.

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Coronavirus crisis in India

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in India has gone up to 110, according to the Health Ministry data as of Sunday night. Out of the 110 cases, 17 patients are foreign nationals. Moreover, of the total tally, two persons have passed away due to the disease, with one death having occurred in Karnataka’s Kalburgi and the second one in Delhi. Nine patients have also been discharged after having been recovered. Globally, there have been over 1.69 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 6,500 people have died so far — the majority of them in China. However, infections have steadily risen in Iran, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and the United States.

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15:08 IST, March 16th 2020