Leave it to Hollywood to make light of the deadly serious coronavirus situation.
While meeting well-wishers during his Irish tour, Prince William asked a paramedic whether he thought coverage of coronavirus was "being a little hyped up."
Prince William attempted to joke about the coronavirus and fans called him out for the insensitive remarks.
The Prince asked a paramedic: "I bet everyone's like, 'I've got coronavirus, I'm dying', and you're like 'no, you've just got a cough'."
Prince William reportedly made a comment about “spreading” the coronavirus during a visit to the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin Tuesday. William and Kate Middleton are currently in Ireland for a three-day tour, with the Duke of Cambridge allegedly having the conversation in question with emergency workers at the reception. William also joked in mock horror
Even if the novel coronavirus hasn't reached Serbia, a global pandemic is no joke. But that hasn't dissuaded senior officials in Belgrade from floating the odd conspiracy theory or making light of COVID-19 as one more reason to have a shot.