<p>Inspired by and hoping that the ongoing lockdown would be able to rid the country of COVID-19, a man in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria District, about 350 kilometres from Lucknow, named his newborn child as 'Lockdown'.</p>.<p>The male baby was born at the District Hospital on Tuesday, according to reports.</p>.<p>The father of the newborn, Pawan Kumar, a resident of Khukhundu village in the district, said that he had been ''inspired greatly'' by the lockdown.</p>.<p>''The lockdown will be able to prevent the spread of the virus and rid the country of it. I sincerely hope that it will succeed. I named my child Lockdown to send a positive message to society,'' Kumar said.</p>.<p>He said that his wife and other members of the family supported him when he told them about his wish to name the newborn after the lockdown.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back, a newborn female child had been named 'Corona' by her parents in Gorakhpur town, about 275 kilometres from Lucknow.</p>.<p>'Corona' was born at the Government Women's Hospital in the town barely a few hours before the 'Janta Curfew' came into force on last month.</p>.<p>Justifying the name, the uncle of the baby Nitesh Tripathi, a resident of Sohgaura village in Gorakhpur District, had said that the Coronavirus had 'unified' the community and galvanised the people to wage a collective fight against it.</p>
<p>Inspired by and hoping that the ongoing lockdown would be able to rid the country of COVID-19, a man in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria District, about 350 kilometres from Lucknow, named his newborn child as 'Lockdown'.</p>.<p>The male baby was born at the District Hospital on Tuesday, according to reports.</p>.<p>The father of the newborn, Pawan Kumar, a resident of Khukhundu village in the district, said that he had been ''inspired greatly'' by the lockdown.</p>.<p>''The lockdown will be able to prevent the spread of the virus and rid the country of it. I sincerely hope that it will succeed. I named my child Lockdown to send a positive message to society,'' Kumar said.</p>.<p>He said that his wife and other members of the family supported him when he told them about his wish to name the newborn after the lockdown.</p>.<p>Barely a few days back, a newborn female child had been named 'Corona' by her parents in Gorakhpur town, about 275 kilometres from Lucknow.</p>.<p>'Corona' was born at the Government Women's Hospital in the town barely a few hours before the 'Janta Curfew' came into force on last month.</p>.<p>Justifying the name, the uncle of the baby Nitesh Tripathi, a resident of Sohgaura village in Gorakhpur District, had said that the Coronavirus had 'unified' the community and galvanised the people to wage a collective fight against it.</p>