Salman Khan should raise awareness on COVID-19 vaccination.
On Wednesday, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar hoped that celebrities like Salman Khan should help in raising awareness among Muslims to get vaccinated.
Mayor Expressed concerns over "religious apprehensions among Muslims" on COVID-19 vaccination.
Mumbai Mayor said on the issue of the Muslim community not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, "Whenever vaccination happened there were religious apprehensions in Muslims, which delayed it slightly. Hoping that Muslims will take jabs and actors like Salman Khan should encourage them."
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said that the state government is in talks with religious leaders and celebrities like Salman Khan to raise awareness on COVID-19 vaccination.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Tope said, "In order to get more people vaccinated, we will be getting religious leaders, celebrities to create awareness on vaccination. We are also in talks to bring onboard celebrities like
Salman Khan for the awareness drive."
As per the data of the Union Health Ministry, 10,41,16,963 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Maharashtra, wherein 6,98,15,228 people were administered the first dose of the vaccine.
As per provisional reports till today, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 113.68 crore.
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