COVID-19: “Time To Be Human, Not Hindu, Muslim”: Shoaib Akhtar

ShoaibAkhtar, former Pakistan cricketer, commentator & Youtuber has advisedpeople to rise over religion and help each other to fight against the dangerousCOVID-19.

Onhis YouTube channel, he posted a video in which he urged all people to become aglobal force and stick to the rules & regulations issued by theauthorities.

Akhtarsaid "Request all my fans all across the globe. Coronavirus is a global crisisand we have to think as a global force, rise above religion. Lockdown ishappening so that the virus does not spread. If you are doing interaction andmeeting in places, it will not help".

Further,he added that "if you people are hoarding things, first think about the dailyworkers. Now, stores are vacant. We can't give a guarantee that whether we willlive after three months or not. Once think that how a daily worker will feedhis family. Time has come, when we behave like a human being, not like a Hinduor a Muslim. People should help each other, collect funds rather than hoarding.

"Ithas no doubt that rich people will survive, but how a poor will survive? Onthis planet, we are behaving like animals, but now we have to live like humanbeings. Please stop storing things, help each other, and look after each other.No time to think about religion, we have to be humans first. He added.

Previously,the fastest bowler Shoaib Akhtar had howled and blamed China for this dangerousCoronavirus outbreak.

Inhis earlier YouTube video, he said that "I don't understand why you have to eatthings like bats, drink their blood and urine and spread some virus across theglobe…I'm talking about the Chinese people. They have put the world at stake. Ireally don't understand how you can eat bats, dogs, and cats. I'm reallyangry,"

He added " I am not opposing the Chinese people but I am against the animals' law. I fully understand that maybe it is your culture but this thing is not benefitting you also. It is killing the whole of humanity. I am not telling you should boycott the Chinese people but there should be some law. You can't eat anything and everything".

In Pakistan, nearly 800 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported to date while five people have already died.