No better time to show your humanity: Yuvraj Singh urges everyone to join fight against Covid-19

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has urged everyone to stay safe with cases on the rise in India.

HIGHLIGHTS

• India has reported 7000+ new #Covid19 cases in the last 24 hrs: tweeted Yuvraj Singh
• India has now crossed China’s coronavirus death toll which was over 4,600
• Yuvraj Singh has been spreading awareness about Covid-19 on social media

The number of new coronavirus cases in India is steadily rising with each day. In the last few days, the number of daily cases has risen fast from 5000 per day to more than 7000 in the last 24 hours. Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has tweeted in the same context asking people to stay safe and follow social distancing norms.

"India has reported 7000+ new #Covid19 cases in the last 24 hrs. I request everyone to pls stay safe & maintain social distancing. Let’s do whatever we can to support the lesser privileged. No better time than now to show our humanity": Yuvraj tweeted on Friday.

India has now crossed China’s coronavirus death toll which was over 4,600. The Covid-19 pandemic was first reported in the Chinese city Wuhan last year. With two days left for Lockdown 4.0 in India to end on May 31, talks of a further lockdown extension has started doing the rounds while reports suggest Prime Minister Modi might announce it on his radio address Mann Ki Baat on Sunday.

Recently Yuvraj Singh expressed his desire for cricket to resume only when the world becomes Covid-19 free as players' health and safety should be paramount for the custodians of the game.

Like other sports, international and domestic cricket too has been disrupted leading the national boards to contemplate resuming the game in empty stadiums, without fans.

"My personal opinion is that first we need to defend our countries, the world from coronavirus," Yuvraj said at 'The Doosra' podcast on BBC.

"It needs to be completely eradicated or come down 90-95 percent because if it keeps on increasing the players will be afraid to come out to the path, go to the field, go to the dressing rooms or changing rooms," he added.

The 2011 World Cup hero felt a player already has to deal with intense pressure while on the field and the thinking about the virus will draw the attention away from focussing on the game.