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  • News18 India’s special campaign urges people to get fully vaccinated

    News18 India’s special campaign urges people to get fully vaccinated

    Mumbai: As India speculates the probability of a third wave, immunising the entire population resonates as the only solution to tackle the coronavirus scare efficiently. Fostering the objective to share the pressing health and wellness goals among its viewers, News18 India has launched a special campaign – ‘Vaccine Se Rukegi Teesri Lahar.’ Starting from 3 January, the campaign involves medical practitioners and expert panelists to discuss key interventions that can be taken at both the policy and individual level. 

    The increase in cases in the last few days and the spread of the new variant Omicron is a sign that the country’s vaccination drive needs further reinforcement. Through the campaign, the channel urges its viewers to get fully vaccinated and alongside, take mandatory precautions like wearing masks and maintaining social distance. 

    The channel will also highlight the tireless efforts of medical teams and local administration during the peak of the pandemic period. This will help the viewers comprehend the unwelcome consequences of the pandemic that aggravate because of ignorance and unpreparedness.

    Being the country’s leading Hindi news channel, News18 India has been raising pertinent issues impacting the citizens. India will start giving booster shots to health and frontline workers including those above 60 years of age from next week. Meanwhile, vaccinations for children between 15 to 18 years have already begun. 

    News18 India, through an innovative approach to raising awareness, has garnered unflinching support from viewers in its previous campaigns. The channel aims to further its efforts through regular engagement and high-quality relevant content across various subjects.

  • Yash Raj Films offers to sponsor vaccines for 30,000 FWICE workers

    Yash Raj Films offers to sponsor vaccines for 30,000 FWICE workers

    NEW DELHI: As the Covid2019 crisis worsens, Yash Raj Films (YRF) has offered to sponsor vaccines for all members of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) through its charitable arm, the Yash Raj Foundation. According to a letter the YRF wrote to the president of FWICE, the foundation has already petitioned Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to help it procure vaccines to inoculate the 30,000-odd members of the cine workers’ body.

    The foundation, named after legendary director Yash Chopra, has assured that the cost of the vaccines and all related expenses will be borne by it.

    “We have sent a request to the honourable chief minister of Maharashtra to allocate and allow us to purchase Covid2019 vaccines for 30,000 registered workers, who are members of the film industry’s federation in Mumbai at the earliest. The Yash Chopra Foundation will bear all other costs too associated with vaccinating the workers such as raising awareness, transportation of workers and setting up of all the required infrastructure for the immunisation programme,” wrote YRF in its letter to FWICE.

    The request comes amid a record rise in Covid cases in Mumbai. Given the surging caseloads across Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena-led ruling dispensation had imposed a statewide halt on film production activities.

    YRF further said that during these dire times, there is an urgent need to restart filming in the state so that thousands of workers have a steady stream of income to support their families.

    Following this letter from YRF, FWICE has also penned a missive to CM Thackeray, urging the government to provide 60,000 doses of the Covid2019 vaccines for 30,000 members of the film industry’s federation, according to a report by India Today. In the letter, which has been signed by all the designation holders of FWICE, it is mentioned that once vaccination is complete, members can resume their work without any fear.