An Argentinian couple have been accused of showing a “total lack of respect” after using coronavirus as inspiration for their baby’s name.
Parents Eduardo Sequeira and Debora Maidana gave their baby a middle name of ‘Covid’ and said it would mean he grows up a “strong little man”.
He was born in Ceres Hospital, around 170 miles northwest of the city of Santa Fe in central-eastern Argentina on Wednesday.
The move has upset workers at the Ceres Hospital, who originally thought it was a joke. One worker told local paper El Litoral: “I’m saddened this has happened, especially at our hospital. “I think it’s a total lack of respect for the people who have died from this virus. “At first I thought it was a joke but when I saw it had been
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