Several Bollywood celebrities expressed their gratitude to the front-line workers through the #DilSe initiative. (Photo: Aditi Rao Hydari/Instagram, Rajkummar Rao/Twitter, Bhumi Pednekar/Instagram)
The coronavirus pandemic has affected one and all — be it the aam janta or celebrities. Recently, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and his daughters were tested positive for COVID-19. Karim Morani’s brother Aly Morani confirmed the news and said, “Yes, Karim has tested positive for coronavirus, and has admitted himself in the hospital. I spoke to him over the phone.”
Apart from Morani, Baby Doll singer Kanika Kapoor has also contracted coronavirus. She was recently discharged after consecutive tests came out negative. Actor Purab Kohli, who is currently in London with his wife and kids, shared on Instagram that he and his family had shown signs of COVID-19 and took to home remedies to fight the symptoms.
Overseas, celebrities like Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, Jon Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryant and Olga Kurylenko among others were tested positive for coronavirus.
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Jaaved Jaaferi tweeted, "What we need is donations to our nearest on ground workers and ngo’s who are reaching out to the needy on a daily basis. Also, if you are in the city and belong to or have relatives in small towns/villages send money accross to them too for their local charity workers."
Arunabh Kumar, the founder of The Viral Fever (TVF) has started an initiative #CreatorsForWorkers along with fellow New Media Entrepreneurs like Gurpreet Singh, Founder of One Digital and other top creators to help the blue-collar workers during this lockdown period and the fight after. The initiative will include content creators from across the country who will shoot a video in their native language explaining all the instructions that need to be followed by everyone in this time of need. Creators like Bhuvan Bam (BB KiVInes), BeYouNick, MostlySane (Prajakt Kohli), Lalit Shokeen, Neetu Chandra, Sanjay Mishra, Nidhi Bisht, RJ Abhilash, Maanvi Gagroo and many more have shown support for this initiative.
Actor Diana Penty, in her latest tweet, wrote, "I pledge to stay home. #StayHomeIndia. I nominate ALL my followers to stay home too. What say Twitter Folk?!"