The pair had to contend with the villain called Cornovirus and his partner Bacillus. Written by Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by Didier Conrad, the comic shows Asterix and his muscular Obelix participate in a chariot race across Italy.
It is a popular issue that showed Asterix battling his way across Italy in a chariot race against the Romans.
In the issue 'Asterix and the Chariot Race', Coronavirus is shown as a masked Roman villain, who rides a bird-shaped chariot with his sidekick.Īsterix and the Chariot Race, the 37th edition of the series, was released in 2017.
Many social media users are curious about the origins of the virus, which has pretty much been answered.Ĭoronavirus gets its name from the word 'corona' which means 'crown' in Latin. While the virus has been linked to many scientific theories and social perceptions, an uncanny link has been established with the legendary French comic book series – Asterix.īelieve it or not, a character in a 2017 Asterix Comic series was actually named 'Coronavirus'. Reports, rumours, and remedies of the disease are surfacing on the internet every day, many of which are false and misleading. As the virus spreads from region to region, fear has gripped the world. There have also been two deaths, one in the Philippines and the other in Hong Kong.ĭoctors and nurses are working round the clock to treat patients and authorities in many countries have set up screening and quarantine facilities to contain the virus. Bocca della Verit While today, the Circus Maximus is not very exciting, just around the corner is one of Rome’s quirkiest must-see. Outside mainland China, there have been more than 350 infections reported in nearly 30 other places. Only the remains of a stone marble arena remind you that long ago, up to 250,000 Romans watched exciting chariot races from their seats. The novel coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has now claimed 908 lives and affected over 40,000 people, according to health officials in China.