The Metropolitan of Morphou in his speech showed an issue of Asterix from 2017, in which there is the character of "Coronavirus". "This is proof that we are not conspiracy theorists," he said.
In a speech by the Metropolitan, which has been on youtube and is said to be from October 28, he mentions that in the 37th issue of Asterix entitled "Asterix and the Peripheral" the coronavirus is prophesied.
The Metropolitan refers to a comic book character who is a masked man and you call him Coronavirus.
Reading the relevant point from Asterix, the Metropolitan developed his theory by saying, among other things: "This is a proof that we are not conspiracy theorists".
In 2017 Asterix and Obelix battevano counter the condottier «Coronavirus» https://t.co/0c1ujX5GE9 pic.twitter.com/Z3XTQRinH6
- Corriere della Sera (@Corriere) March 7, 2020
In fact, the priest mentioned that as a child he read Asterix and that his favorite character was the "chubby" (s.s. Ovelix), who did not remember his name.
Watch the video with the speech of the Metropolitan
Who is Asterix Coronavirus?
The specific issue with the character Coronavirus in Asterix had recently been featured in the international media.
Corriere Della Sera reports in an article "In 2017 Asterix and Obelix fought against Coronavirus".
The report states that the masked "Coronavirus" may have been inspired by the spread of SARS in 2002 and MERS in 2021, without believing that any type of coronavirus would return.
In the story, Senator Lactus Bifidus, accused of using the money to maintain the road in another way, decides to organize a chariot race in which all the peoples of the empire participate to show how good the roads are.
Julius Caesar gives his approval, but on the condition that a Roman, Coronavirus (nicknamed "the masked man") be the leader of the Roman group.