KOURTNEY Kardashian thinks the coronavirus pandemic is punishment from God for "evil". The 40-year-old reality star shared a Bible passage about epidemics on Twitter with the words "pay attention children" scrawled on it in red marker. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates The passage reads: "Whenever I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat up the crops or send an epidemic on my people, if they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again." The extract began to gain momentum online after billions of locusts started to swarm in Asia and South Africa.