I am working in Lucknow to fight against coronavirus

Telangana youth Ramakrishna showed no signs of hesitation and jumped to duty to do his part to fight against the COVID-19. The scientist in fact lied to his parents and embarked on a 1,500 KM to reach Lucknow to help in the testing of Coronavirus. "I initially told my parents I will be staying with my friends from the village who are studying in Hyderabad. Now, of course, they know I am working in Lucknow in this fight against coronavirus and they are fine with it," said the 29-year-old scientist.



Ramakrishna is Ph.D scholar in the microbiology department of Lucknow's King George Medical University (KGMU), who hails from Khammam and was helping his parents in agriculture, who then got a call from Doctor Amita Jain, head of the department of microbiology. The young lad reached Hyderabad on March 22, the day of the Janata Curfew when all routes were blocked. Before daybreak, in the early hours of March 23, he headed to the airport.

Ramakrishna said he was stopped by the police, but when he explained the reason for travel, they helped him get there. He caught a flight to Lucknow and ever since he has been working tirelessly to test more and more samples each day. The Ph.D scholar had completed his project six months ago and had returned to his village.