Close X
Thursday, November 21, 2024
ADVT 
Artists

Big B Claims COVID-19 Spreads Through Flies, Health Ministry Disagrees

26 Mar, 2020 08:33 PM
  • Big B Claims COVID-19 Spreads Through Flies, Health Ministry Disagrees

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted a video where he talks of Chinese experts discovering that that the common housefly, which sits on excreta, can transmit the coronavirus. However, the health ministry disagrees.


The video was retweeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports hindustantimes.com.


"Chinese experts have discovered that the coronavirus can survive in human excreta for weeks. Even if the patients recovers fully, the virus can survive in his excreta for a few weeks. If a fly were to sit on such a person's excreta, and then sit on fruits, vegetables or other food items, the disease can spread further," says Bachchan in Hindi, in the video posted on Wednesday, where he calls for a Jan Andolan in the lines of Swachch Bharat Andolan under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the polio eradication movement, to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.


However, Lav Aggarwal, ministry of health and family welfare's joint secretary Lav Aggrawal, dismissed the idea at a press conference on Thursday, reports republicworld.com.


Commenting on Bachchan's tweet about coronavirus spreading through flies, Aggarwal said: "I have not seen his tweet, but technically I can say that this is an infectious disease and does not spread through flies."


Along with the video in the tweet, Big B also posted a message quoting a study in The Lancet.


"T 3481 - A study in the @TheLancet shows that coronavirus lingers on human excreta much longer than in respiratory samples. Come on India, We are going to fight this! Use your toilet: Har koi, har roz, hamesha. Darwaza Band toh Beemari Band! @swachhbharat @narendramodi @PMOIndia," went the message by @SrBachchan.

MORE Artists ARTICLES

Richa Chadha And Ali Fazal Apply For Marriage Registration

Richa Chadha And Ali Fazal Apply For Marriage Registration
Star couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal will most probably tie the knot in the last week of April.

Richa Chadha And Ali Fazal Apply For Marriage Registration

Smriti Irani Blames KJo's Hamper For Her Weight Gain

Smriti Irani Blames KJo's Hamper For Her Weight Gain
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani went back in time and showed her lighter side as she blamed filmmaker Karan Johar's hamper for her weight gain.

Smriti Irani Blames KJo's Hamper For Her Weight Gain

Shah Rukh Khan To Support A Young Researcher's Dream

Shah Rukh Khan To Support A Young Researcher's Dream
It has gone to researcher Gopika Kottantharayil Bhasi from Thrissur (Kerala), working on farming practices through animal science, ecology and molecular studies.    

Shah Rukh Khan To Support A Young Researcher's Dream

Kareena Kapoor Reveals Fitness Secrets For Fans

Kareena Kapoor Reveals Fitness Secrets For Fans
Bollywood actress and style diva Kareena Kapoor Khan has shared her fitness secrets for fans.    

Kareena Kapoor Reveals Fitness Secrets For Fans

Malaika Arora: ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya' Shouldn't Be Recreated

Dancing diva Malaika Arora shot to fame with the song "Chaiyya chaiyya" back in 1998. She feels that though there is a trend of remixes these days, the AR Rahman composition is one of those numbers that simply shouldn't be touched.    

Malaika Arora: ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya' Shouldn't Be Recreated

Old Clip Of Chris Hemsworth Mouthing 'DDLJ' Dialogue Goes Viral

An old video of Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth, mouthing an evergreen dialogue of the 1995 Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol blockbuster "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", has resurfaced on social media and has gone viral.

Old Clip Of Chris Hemsworth Mouthing 'DDLJ' Dialogue Goes Viral