Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra was administered vaccine for COVID-19 protection on Friday evening. The 85-year-old star tweeted a video of himself wherein he can be seen getting a shot of the vaccine on his left arm.
“Tweet karte karte… josh aa gaya… aur main nikal gaya… vaccination lene… it’s definitely not a show off… but to inspire you all… Friends, please take care (got inspired while tweeting and went off to get vaccination),” Dharmendra shared on Twitter.
Tweet karte karte…. josh aa gaya …aur main nikal gaya….vaccination lene …. it’s definitely not a show off…but to inspire you all….. Friends, please take care 👋 pic.twitter.com/gp4lQAZr1l
— Dharmendra Deol (@aapkadharam) March 19, 2021
He was referring to his earlier tweet wherein he had reminded everyone to wear masks and maintain social distancing in a bid to curb the virus surge that has been reported at all time high in Maharashtra,
The actor shared a throwback black-and-white photograph, where he can be seen sitting with sliced watermelons and a knife.
“Mask laga kar baith….. tere tarboz koi nahin kharede ga…….lock down ko lock karna hai ….. to do gaz ki doori aur mask zarori, (wear a mask and sit, nobody is going to buy your watermelons, we have to lock the lockdown, maintain social distance and wear a mask),” Dharmendra captioned his photo.
The actor’s tweet comes after Maharashtra registered 25,833 new Covid cases on Thursday, a new high in the state surpassing the previous single-day peak of 24,886 cases registered on September 11 last year.
Meanwhile, the state has imposed new set of restrictions in an attempt to control the recent spike that has been feared as the second wave of the virus in the country.
India is currently conducting a nationwide immunisation programme against the novel virus. As of now, the second phase of the inoculation process is in progress under which people aged above 60 and those between 45 and 60 with comorbidities are being vaccinated against the deadly virus.
