An artist in Chennai, southern India, has designed a COVID-19-themed rickshaw to raise awareness about the pandemic.

Gautam transformed an autorickshaw into a design resembling that of the deadly virus that has seen the country enter lockdown.

Speakers have been attached to the vehicle broadcasting announcements about the virus.

Gautam an artist from Chennai earlier designed a policeman wearing a helmet as coronavirus to create awareness among citizens. Now he's taken his innovative ideas of spreading the coronavirus awareness to the next level and in collaboration with the Chennai Corporation modified an auto-rickshaw on Coronavirus theme.

The pictures of the auto-rickshaw roaming the streets of Chennai are doing rounds on the internet. A Public Address system attached with the auto-rickshaw making announcements about Covid-19.The idea behind this modified auto-rickshaw on the theme of COVID-19 is to spread awareness about the virus and also create awareness among the public to wear masks.

As per the recent government notification, wearing masks is mandatory in India. Those who found roaming in the streets without masks will be fined Rs 100 (1.0GBP) and will be given 4 cloth masks by the Greater Chennai Corporation.

As of today, India has reported 29,435 confirmed cases including 21,632 active cases, 6,869 cured/discharged, and 934 deaths.