A man in Indian hanged himself to death after mistakenly thinking he was infected with the Coronavirus.
The man who is a father aged 50, reportedly hanged himself from a tree just to avoid spreading the coronavirus to his wife and children.
According to his family, the man named Bala Krishna had contracted fever but thought it was coronavirus after a series of video he watched on television about the disease.
His son said: ‘My father watched Coronavirus-related videos the whole day on Monday and kept saying he had similar symptoms.
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‘He attacked us when we tried to tell him that he did not suffer from the deadly disease.’
He also disclosed that he called a government helpline for advice after he became worried about his father’s state.
‘But they told me there was nothing to worry about if my father had not visited China recently and that I should calm him down. If someone had responded in time, my father would have been alive, he added.
