Updated On: 24 May, 2020 01:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
As the world continues to struggle with the Coronavirus pandemic, Dayanand Shetty aka Daya from CID opens up on how an episode of CID all the way back in 1998 showed a similar situation.

Picture Courtesy: Official Instagram Account/Dayanand Shetty
This has been a tough year for the entire world. The Coronavirus pandemic has brought all our lives to a standstill and screeching halt. We all are quarantined at our homes and a lot of people are enjoying reruns of classic television shows like Ramayan and Mahabharat. But there's one show whose reruns have been airing for a long time, CID, the longest-running show on Indian Television, over 22 years.
One of the most popular and revered characters of the show was Senior Inspector Daya, played by Dayanand Shetty, a man who was known for his tight slaps and breaking doors with a mere kick. Did you know this iconic show had aired a situation similar to COVID-19 all the way back in 1998? The actor has spilled the beans about the same in an interview with Zoom.