A Vietnamese dancer has devised a unique way to combat the global coronavirus scourge — by releasing a catchy hand-washing dance PSA on social media. His infectious new track has amassed more than 200,000 reactions on TikTok and spawned a viral challenge on the social media platform.
“I am so happy that my dance spread the world,” gushed Ho Chi Minh City’s Quang Dang on Instagram yesterday.
In the original video, uploaded last month, a yellow-shirt-wearing Dang and a matching buddy can be seen grooving in unison to a tune based on Vietnamese pop hit “Ghen.” The song was cleverly converted into a hand-washing PSA by lyricist Khac Hung and Vietnam’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health,reports CBS News.
Dang choreographed the hand-cleaning dance moves to go with the lyrics.
The resultant rendition — dubbed “Ghen Co Vy” (Vietnamese for coronavirus) — urges the public to “push the coronavirus away” by refraining from “rubbing one’s nose, mouth and eyes, limiting visits to public places,” and, of course, washing one’s hands thoroughly. After all,scrubbing one’s mitts is more effective than hand sanitizer when it comes to staving off COVID-19.
Needless to say, Dang’s hygiene-hyping dance number has sparked a new TikTok challenge under the hashtag#GhenCoVyChallenge, where imitators parrot Dang’s disease-fighting dance moves. The copycat clips have collectively generated 2.1 million views since Wednesday, reports CBS.
The “coronaviral” trend has also generated a flurry of online responses. One Facebook fan commented, “Such a creative and helpful dance, and the melody sounds phenomenal.”