CHHATTISGARH: India may be witness to a spurt in the cases of coronavirus and the disease it causes — COVID-19, but that hasn’t stopped it from being home to ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’ — in human form. No kidding here.

A couple in Chhattisgarh has named their newborn twins as ‘Corona’ and ‘COVID’, PTI reported.

The Raipur-based couple said the two words — symbolic of devastation in the modern times — denoted their triumph over hardships as the twins – a boy and a girl – were born during the ongoing coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown which has disrupted normal life.

The names, they said, would remind them about all the hardships they conquered amid the lockdown, ahead of successful delivery on the intervening night of March 26-27 at a government hospital.

The names are not permanent though. The couple said they may change their decision later and rename their kids.

The twins were born in Dr. BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital.

“I was blessed with the twins — a boy and a girl — in the early hours on March 27. We have named them — COVID (boy) and Corona (girl) for now,” Preeti Verma, the 27-year-old mother of the newborns, told PTI.