Corona 'Sandesh': Dreaded Coronavirus finds sweet avatar in West Bengal; netizens stunned

deadly Coronavirus has taken ar form, but much to everyone's relief, we can digest it. 

In a bid to spread awareness about COVID-19 which has claimed over 74,697 lives across world, a sweet shop in West Bengal's Kolkata is offering 'Corona' sweets to its customers as a gift. According to owner of shop, it is an attempt to uplift spirit of people to fight and 'digest' Corona and t vice versa. 

sweets, shaped in form of vel Coronavirus, come in two forms — Corona cupcake and Corona sandesh.

Here are some pictures of sweets: 

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self-respecting virus can survive this assault, say netizens 

Meanwhile, netizens are stunned at idea. Check out some of comments here:

COVID-19 cases soar in India

According to latest update of Health Ministry, re are 4,281 cases in country including 3,851 active cases. While 111 deaths have been reported overall, around 319 people have been cured/discharged/migrated. Currently, highest number of cases have been reported from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. 

Meanwhile, 80 cases of Coronavirus have been reported in West Bengal. While 10 have been reported to be recovered, three people have reportedly died due to virus. 

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In order to tackle crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 had anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight of March 25 to deal with spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease, which spreads rapidly. Meanwhile, PM Modi has also established a dedicated national fund with primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation, like posed by COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide relief to affected, a public charitable trust under name of ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund’ (PM CARES Fund).

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