Published 18:52 IST, April 18th 2020

Swiss Matterhorn lit up in Indian tricolor amid COVID-19 crisis, Abhishek Bachchan shares

One of the highest peaks in Switzerland, the Matterhorn had the Indian flag projected on it to express and inspire solidarity with India's fight with COVID-19

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Earlier on Saturday, an im of one of highest peaks in Swiss Alps- Matterhorn went viral as it had an im of Indian tricolour, almost 1000 meters high, projected on it as a mark of Switzerland's solidarity with India. gesture by Swiss government is especially for India's fight against deadly coronavirus along with rest of world.

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Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has shared picture of same through his Instagram account earlier on Sunday. He captioned post, "  Indian tricolour was projected on Switzerland's landmark peak Matterhorn this morning, as an expression of solidarity and to give hope and strength to all Indians in se difficult times!".

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words 'hope', 'solidarity' and 'stay home' have also been projected onto peak, along with a giant red heart on a white background, in Swiss national colours. flags of Switzerland, Italy and Swiss region of Tici were also reportedly beamed onto mountain on Wednesday night. Twitter handle of Zermatt tourism posted update with Indian flag, earlier on Saturday.

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Impact of Coronavirus in India

deadly coronavirus has claimed 488 lives in India since its global outbreak in December 2019. 2014 people have been cured of virus after prompt medical treatment and total active cases stand at 12,289 as on April 18, 2020.

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18:52 IST, April 18th 2020