Video: Prince Charles ditches handshake, switches to 'namaste' amid coronavirus scare

As number of coronavirus cases is rapidly increasing in United Kingdom, Prince Charles has shifted from a handshake to 'desi' way of greeting. A video of 71-year-old in which he can be seen greeting people with a 'namaste' has taken over internet. In 12-second-video one can see Prince Charles arriving at London Pallium in his car and as soon as he gets out of vehicle, he is seen stretching his hands but n he quickly changes his gesture to a 'namaste'. 

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video shared by Indian Forest Service officer Praveen Kaswan has garnered more than 53,000 views. video has also received almost 4,300 likes and has been retweeted thousands of times. post has also been flooded with comments.

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'Pandemic'

Meanwhile, World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus as a global pandemic after virus spre to more than 100 countries, resulting in deaths of more than 4,500 people worldwide. WHO chief Tedros ham furr even urged all nations to get very serious over issue and take all necessary measures to contain virus from spreing at this rate. Tedros said, that word "Pandemic" cant be used lightly or carelessly due to its strong contation. 

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