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Coronavirus-shaped hailstones pummel Beijing in freak summer storm amid new lockdown
China’s capital city of Beijing with hail bearing a distinct similarity to the shape of the coronavirus cells.The rare summer hailstorm hit the city last Thursday during the annual Dragon Boat Festival.Footage posted to Twitter by Jennifer Zeng shows how the huge balls of ice are shaped startlingly similar to the cells of coronavirus.The particles of coronavirus in humans typically have big crown-like spikes, which gives it the name “corona”.And in Jennifer’s clip, at least one of the stones also as the similar spikes.Twitter user @shirleyzeyu also shared images of people holding the corona-like hail in their hands.“People are scared, because they say the hail looks like Coronavirus,” she wrote.Hundreds of people also shared their thoughts,