PM Modi's 'Jan Andolan' for COVID echoed by Jackie Shroff, Shankar Mahadevan in videos

2020 has not one of the best years due to COVID-19 pandemic. It’s now been close to seven months that the lockdown has been in place in various stages as over one lakh people lost their lives in India due to the coronavirus. Now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented the already known precautions in a simple-to-understand three-step method to reiterate its importance as a part of the ‘Jan Andolan’ against the infectious disease. 

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Bollywood supports PM Modi's Jan Andolan

PM Modi reiterated the three crucial steps to win the battle against COVID-19: To wear a mask, wash hands regularly and maintain a ‘do gaj ki doori’ (6 feet social distancing).

Shankar Mahadevan posted a video and termed it as his ‘three mantras’: ‘wear my mask, wash my hands and social distancing.’ The veteran music composer made a 'sincere request' as he used the hashtag ‘Unite 2 fight corona.’

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Jackie Shroff used a rhyming line, ‘do gaj ki doori, mask pehnna hai zaroori’. The actor continued that mask and social distancing were like 'vaccines' as he concluded, "Let’s support PM’s Jan Andolan fight against covid. Jai Hind.”

Kriti Kharbanda was among the other celebrities to lend her support to the initiative.

COVID-19 for Bollywood stars

COVID-19 has not spared the film industry either with numerous artists being diagnosed with the virus. Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora, SS Rajamouli, Kanika Kapoor, among others, battled the disease but have all recovered.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 tally stands at 9,02,425 active cases at the moment, and 1,05, 526 deaths in total. However, almost all industries have now been fully or partially opened up as the nation seeks to bring the economy back on track              

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