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- The coronavirus lockdown in India has forced a police officer to wear a virus-shaped helmet to get his point across.
- The helmet is shaped like the virus, and officer Rajesh Babu uses it to warn commuters of the danger of ignoring social distancing orders.
- The pandemic has claimed nearly 30 lives in India and over 1,000 people are infected.
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Police in India are struggling to keep people from leaving their homes and breaking the nationwide lockdown now in place to protect citizens from the novel coronavirus pandemic. The virus is spreading rapidly in the country of over 1.3 billion people. Now, one officer has come up with his own technique for capturing the attention of pedestrians and commuters: a coronavirus helmet.
As CNN reports, Rajesh Babu of Chennai, India, now wears a motorcycle helmet covered in red paint and rounded spikes while doing his daily rounds. The helmet, which was designed by a local artist, resembles the coronavirus, and Babu uses it as a tool to get the attention of travelers who don't seem to think the pandemic is a big deal.
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Look at this insane coronavirus helmet cops are wearing to scare quarantine breakers originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 11:10:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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