India: Might be shaving off heads due to Coronavirus fear

KANPUR: The recent disruption in our everyday life and its merits is new to us. On Wednesday afternoon three of a family shaved off their heads by calling a barber at the house in tannery town of Jajmau area here. Strangely enough, all the three belonged to three respective generations.

When the senior-most person was approached to comment on the unusual decision of shaving his head, he quickly responded that it was done with the idea of removing the infection from hairs. Being at the age of nearly seventy years, he asserted that it was not only him but son and granddaughter, also followed suit.

One told him your decision at the time of the novel virus was extraordinary. 

When we were observing distance from one another you initiated at eliminating your hairs on the head, said another acquaintance.

All three persons are looking like peeled off eggs, quipped his immediate neighbour. It could not be ascertained that they initiated the step in fear of Corona virus.