#CoronavirusChallenge : TikTok User Tests Positive After Licking ‘Toilet Seat’

Mumbai : Novel Coronavirus has captured the whole world. Every day cases are increasing and many deaths are occuring. Many countries have gone under lockdown to avoid this. India, China, France, Italy, New Zealand, Poland and the UK are completely locked down. Coronavirus infection cases have reached over 600 in India and 10 people have also died due to this.

In the atmosphere of this tension, many teenagers are taking part in #CoronavirusChallenge. In this challenge, people are making videos by licking toilet seats, scooters, car handles with tongues. In such a report, a TikTok video of a boy is going viral from California licking the toilet seat to participate in this challenge. He is now infected with Coronavirus and is admitted to the hospital. His picture licking Toilet seat has gone viral on social media.

This coronavirus challenge went viral last week, when a girl was seen licking a toilet seat on a flight. After this, many people started participating in this challenge.

The social media handle of that California boy is GayShawnMendes. While sharing his video licking the toilet seat, he wrote – “My coronavirus test has come positive”. The TikTok user also tweeted, after which his account has been suspended. However, it is not clear that he has got coronavirus due to this challenge.

A kid who licked toilets as part of the #CoronaVirusChallenge says he's now in the hospital with coronavirus. @gayshawnmendes was also just suspended from twitter pic.twitter.com/lfG2NBlTrs

— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) March 23, 2020

Health experts have called the Coronavirus Challenge stupid. On one hand, to avoid the Coronavirus, it is being advised to stay in homes and keep special arrangements for cleanliness, while few people are risking their lives by doing such stunts.