Can beer help with coronavirus?: Serious to foolish queries flood helplines

The most commonly asked questions relate to symptoms and prevention -- "Will summer kill the coronavirus?", "Should outside food and non-veg be avoided?", "Does smoking affect chances of recovery?"

Queues at clinics and hospitals might have disappeared during the lockdown to contain the coronavirus, but doctors are as busy as ever and helplines numbers are buzzing. The questions are many, and sometimes bewildering.

From 'I have flu-like symptoms; do I have coronavirus?'' to "can we get the virus from made in China products?" helpline numbers are flooded with anxious queries that cover the serious-to-downright-silly spectrum. Doctors are busy attending to calls by panic-stricken public trying to come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world.

The most commonly asked questions relate to symptoms and prevention -- "Will summer