Mumbai: While India is reeling beneath the lethal second wave of COVID-19, with a file variety of circumstances being witnessed every day, actor Akshay Kumar and author wife Twinkle Khanna are attempting to do their bit in India’s fight against the coronavirus.
Twinkle Khanna took to her Instagram account on Tuesday (April 27) to share that she and Akshay are donating 100 oxygen concentrators in an effort to contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Wonderful news — Dr Drashnika Patel & Dr Govind Bankani of London Elite Health through Daivik Foundation are donating 120 oxygen concentrators and as @akshaykumar and I have managed to get our hands on 100 as well, we have a total of 220.Thank you for the leads. Let’s all do our bit,” learn Twinkle’s publish.
Commenting on her publish, ‘Pyjamas are Forgiving’ creator worte, “I think for the last few weeks with members of my own family ill I have been in a bit of a hole. But I couldn’t stay there for long. I implore all of you in your own way to do whatever you can so we can look back at this bleak moment and at least say it took the worst but it brought out the best in all of us. #ILookForSilverLinings.”
Earlier, Akshay Kumar had donated Rs 1 crore to former cricketer and Delhi’s MLA Gautam Gambhir’s basis to fight COVID.
The second wave of COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in India. The nation is experiencing acute scarcity of oxygen cylinders, COVID medicines and hospital beds, with 1000’s dying each day.
Akshay Kumar had additionally examined COVID optimistic on April 4 and later examined unfavourable and has now absolutely recovered. He is one amongst numerous Bollywood celebrities who received contaminated with COVID-19 in its second wave.