Mumbai: In the wake of the raging second wave of COVID-19 in India, Yash Raj Films head honcho Aditya Chopra has pledged to vaccinate the each day staff of the complete Hindi movie business.
YRF, in an assertion, has urged the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, to enable the corporate to buy 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines and maintain all of the bills associated to the immunisation programme for these staff.
Akshaye Widhani senior Vice President of YRF stated in a press release, “With the film industry going through an unprecedented time, there is an urgent need to restart at the earliest so that thousands of workers can start earning their livelihood again and protect their families. Yash Raj Films, through The Yash Chopra Foundation, would like to offer its support in this regard.”
It additional provides, “We have sent a request to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to allocate and allow us to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for 30,000 registered workers, who are members of the film industry’s federation in Mumbai at the earliest.”
“The Yash Chopra Foundation will bear all other costs too associated with vaccinating the workers such as raising awareness, transportation of workers and setting up the entire required infrastructure for the immunisation programme. We hope our kind request is approved which will enable our members to be safe and also get them back to work at the earliest,” it reads.
YRF additional defined that after the vaccination is completed, the employees can resume their respective work and the business could proceed to perform.
“This vaccination set up is necessary to fight not only the deadly disease but also to fight against the dropping economy of the state. Let us all together join hands and eradicate this disease, poverty and unemployment from Maharashtra,” the assertion learn.
The second wave of coronavirus has contaminated many individuals, and the variety of COVID-19 constructive instances has been quickly rising.
Many Bollywood celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Sonu Sood, Varun Dhawan, Akshay Kumar, and others have come ahead to contribute to the Indian authorities so as to help support individuals crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic within the nation.
Amid the surge in instances, many stars like Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Mira Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, amongst others have been utilizing social media to amplify the voices of these in want.Â
