A disturbing new trend has emerged on social media, with the UK's Metro.co.uk reporting a number of videos have emerged of influencers doing the 'coronavirus challenge'.
The ridiculous stunt sees people licking surfaces in public, including an airplane toilet seat, car handles, a pole on public transport, a windscreen wiper and a football, among others.
Although the trend seems confined to some so-called influencers, who lack more than two brain cells to rub together, health experts are concerned that the videos, mainly shown on the platform TikTok, might encourage similar stunts by bored teens.
One retired health expert said "our NHS staff are working round the clock to prepare to treat those who need it during the peak of the pandemic -- the last thing they need is internet trends unnecessarily putting people in hospital."
TikTok has said it will remove all content showing the coronavirus challenge.
Many new mums and dads are understandably concerned in these uncertain times, but maybe these parents should have chosen a more timeless name for their newborn.
A baby boy born in India on the day marking the start of the country's curfew has been called Lockdown.
His parents said they hoped the name would remind people of the importance of taking precautions during COVID-19.
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