Indian Couple Name Their Newborn Baby Boy 'Lockdown' a Week After Another Named Their Twins 'Covid' and 'Corona'

A couple in India has named their newbown baby son 'Lockdown' in a nod to the coronavirus pandemic.

The boy was born in Bacheri village in the Sheopur district of central India, on Monday during the country's 21-day strict lockdown.

When staff asked what name they should write on the birth certificate, the boy's mother Manju Mail and father Raghunath revealed their unusual choice.

Manju said: 'He is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period,' the Times of India reported.

Her husband added: 'My son and our family will remember this time of crisis throughout out life. It is a significant name.

'The whole world is using the lockdown as a means to steam this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.'

The news comes just a week after another Indian couple, from Chhattisgarh, named their newborn twins 'Corona' and 'Covid'.