Published 15:22 IST, March 16th 2020
Coronavirus: Arnold Schwarzenegger shares video with his pets, urges fans to stay at home
Amid the unprecedented outbreak of deadly coronavirus outbreak, Austrian-American actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked people to “stay at home” to be safe.
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Amid unprecedented outbreak of deadly coronavirus outbreak, Austrian-American actor, Arld Schwarzenegger has asked people to “stay at home” and that everyone “will get through this toger”. Just days after posting a “hand-washing tutorial”, 72-year-old t only shared a video of him playing with his dogs and urging people to stay safe as world battles with fatal COVID-19 spread which has already reached to over 155 countries.
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“happy” video of Schwarzenegger has garnered more than two million views with people saying “if you are going to fight coronavirus, do it like Arld and his pets”. One of internet users also called it “best tweet of day”. actor has been requesting all his followers to listen to “scientists and experts” and netizens have agreed with him and one of m even said, “I want to be like Arld”.
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Global pandemic
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus as a global pandemic after virus spread to more than 158 countries, resulting in deaths of more than 6,500 people worldwide. WHO chief Tedros Adham furr even urged all nations to get very serious over issue and take all necessary measures to contain virus from spreading at this rate. Tedros said, that word 'Pandemic' cant be used lightly or carelessly due to its strong contation.
However, Tedros also said that coronavirus outbreak is a "controllable pandemic". According to a statement released by World Health Organisation, Tedros outlined two main reasons as to why decision was taken to describe epidemic as a pandemic. Tedros said that one reason was speed and scale of transmission and ors was because 'countries are t approaching this threat with level of political commitment needed to control it'.
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15:22 IST, March 16th 2020