'It boils down to maintaining proper hygiene': Akshay Kumar on coronavirus outbreak

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Sunday urged people to maintain proper hygiene amid vel coronavirus scare across globe.  vel virus originated in Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and has claimed over 3,000 lives in country.

Many events around world have been cancelled amid COVID-19 outbreak, including film festivals and music concerts. Release of much-awaited James Bond film " Time to Die" has also been pushed by seven months to vember.

When asked if Hindi film industry will be struck by growing concern around coronavirus in country, Akshay told PTI, "re 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 basic way of greeting people, that is 'namaste'," he added.

Union Health Ministry had recently advised to eir avoid or postpone mass garings to prevent spread of COVID-19. In case such garings are organised, respective states should take necessary action to guide organisers on precautions to be taken, a communication from Ministry had said. Apart from China, over 3,400 people have died of deadly disease and over 101,000 have been infected from virus globally.