A couple in India has named their newbown baby son 'Lockdown' in a nod to the coronavirus pandemic.
The boy was born in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during the country's 21-day strict lockdown.
When staff asked what name they should write on the birth certificate, the boy's mother Manju Mail and father Raghunath revealed their unusual choice.
Manju said: 'He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,' the Times of India reported.
Her husband added: 'My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout out life. It is a significant name.
'The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.'
The news comes just a week after another Indian couple, from Chhattisgarh, named their newborn twins 'Corona' and 'Covid'.
The boy was born in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during the country's 21-day strict lockdown.
When staff asked what name they should write on the birth certificate, the boy's mother Manju Mail and father Raghunath revealed their unusual choice.
Manju said: 'He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,' the Times of India reported.
Her husband added: 'My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout out life. It is a significant name.
'The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.'
The news comes just a week after another Indian couple, from Chhattisgarh, named their newborn twins 'Corona' and 'Covid'.
