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With the total number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and death toll increasing worldwide and unsettling the system, about 46 per cent people felt the virus outbreak was a message from the nature, a survey claimed.

The net outcome came out in a second survey conducted by IANS C-VOTER Gallup International Association Corona Tracker conducted on March 26 and 27.

In the poll, a question -- do you think that spreading of virus in this way and unsettling the whole system is a kind of message from the nature -- was put forth before Indians during the last one week.

 A family stands wearing masks in Japan.

According to the survey, 46.7 per cent people said that they felt that it is a kind of message from the nature while 30.6 per cent dismissed the health crisis as a nature's message.

A total of 22.7 per cent people said that they cannot comment and they don't know whether it was a message from the nature.

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