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                    Fury as Indian politician says Covid 'has a right to live like the rest of us'
                                        The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxWe shouldn’t be trying to wipe out coronavirus, because Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, “has a right to live”, says a senior Indian politician."Seen from a philosophical angle, coronavirus is also a living organism,” says Trivendra Singh Rawat, until recently chief minister of Uttarakhand province in northern India.“It has the right to live like the rest of us,” he added. “But we think ourselves to be the most intelligent and are out to eliminate it.