A giant coronavirus is stalking the streets of southern India – propelled by a 100 cc engine and an inventor trying to drive home the message that Indians should stay indoors as the pandemic sweeps across the world.
Sudhakar Yadav’s wacky small single-seater car – made of fluorescent-green fibre and complete with the red crown-like spikes of the virus – has been racking up the miles in the tech hub of Hyderabad to remind fellow citizens of the dangers of COVID-19.
Yadav says he was inspired by virus-shaped helmets worn by police elsewhere in India as they try to inject some light-heartedness into their enforcement of a crippling 21-day national lockdown.
