NEW DELHI: Famous Bollywood actor John Abraham recently decided to assist in spreading information related to covid-19 resources by giving away his social media accounts for the day.
On a social media website, the actor announced the news and captioned it to read, “Anything and everything to save lives and win this battle TOGETHER.”
“As a country, we are experiencing a very grim situation. With each passing minute, there are more and more people who are unable to procure oxygen, an ICU bed, a vaccine and sometimes even food,” he said.
However, these trying times have also brought people together, to support, make a difference and attend to needs, the actor said in the post.
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India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the country opened up its massive vaccination drive to all adults while several states warned of acute shortages.
It was the first time India’s daily case count had topped 400,000 after 10 consecutive days over 300,000. Deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 3,523 over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll in India to 211,853, according to official data.
The world’s biggest producer of COVID-19 vaccines has a limited number of shots available, worsening a grim second wave of infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and morgues while families scramble for scarce medicines and oxygen.
The chief minister of the hard-hit state of Delhi implored people not to queue at vaccination centers, promising more vaccines would arrive “tomorrow or the day after”.
India’s eastern Odisha state said it had received a consignment of 150,000 shots but would only allow a few people to get shots due to lockdown restrictions preventing movement.
