Stop calling us 'coronavirus': Video of northeast students goes viral

NEW DELHI: As the novel coronavirus, known to have originated from the

Chinese

province of Wuhan, spreads across the world, it has also created a lot of panic among the masses.


Amid the panic, people from the

northeast

region seem to be bearing the brunt of the misinformation revolving around it. People from the northeast states of India have been complaining about the attitude of some people who allegedly pass on comments like "

Corona

, chinki and Chinese" while referring to them.

Recently, a video of a group of students from northeast region, living in Punjab, went viral on social media as they talked of the discrimination and

racism

they face.

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The students took to Facebook to post a video sharing how after the coronavirus outbreak, people have been calling them with different names. According to them, people are addressing them as "coronavirus".

The 12-minute video begins with a girl saying, "Abhi jo chal raha hai yeh coronavirus, humare upar bahut effect ho raha hai, kyunki pehle toh humein Nepali, Chinki, Chinese ... yeh sab bulate thae, abhi toh coronavirus ho gaya hai (The ongoing coronavirus has affected our lives a lot. Earlier, people used to refer to us with names like Nepali, Chinki, chinese but after the virus outbreak, they now call us coronavirus."

In the video, the students also share instances where people called them names because they looked like "Chinese". The students can be seen appealing to people to not call them such names as hurts them and affects their lives.

The students can also be seen asking the viewers to read more about the map of India and increase their knowledge about the northeast states.

The video has gone viral, and many people have expressed their support to the students against the discrimination that these people face.

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