ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for global climate change Zartaj Gul Wazir drove social media into hysterics together with her novel definition of COVID-19.
"COVID-19 means it's 19 points which will be applied in any country in any way," said during a current affairs show on PTV News.
Actually, COVID-19 means 'Coronavirus disease 2019'. The 'CO' within the word stands for corona, 'VI' for the virus, and 'D' for the disease. Formerly, this disease was mentioned as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV.’
Gul's novel definition of the virus stirred a storm on social media, with Twitterati posting her video clip defining the disease and taking shots at the minister for not knowing enough about it.
Zartaj Gul Wazir issues clarification regarding COVID-19 statement
The minister took to Twitter a couple of hours after her video clip started trending on social media, to issue a clarification.
"Every day I appear on national TV and speak without a bit of paper (parchi)," she tweeted. "Wanted to mention that the infections effect and intensity vary across different countries. rather than crying on things over a minor mistake, maybe which will be better for them. I'm not scared of criticism, it strengthens me."
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