Aditya Chopra To Sponsor COVID-19 Vaccines For Registered Film City Workers Of FWICE
Aditya Chopra through Yash Chopra Foundation is reportedly sponsoring COVID-19 vaccines for 30,000 registered workers of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE).
Amid
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19,
many
celebrities,
as
well
as
crew
members,
have
contracted
Coronavirus.
Now,
filmmaker
Aditya
Chopra
through
Yash
Chopra
Foundation
is
reportedly
sponsoring
COVID-19
vaccines
for
30,000
registered
workers
of
the
Federation
of
Western
India
Cine
Employees
(FWICE).
Senior
Vice
President
of
Yash
Raj
Films
(YRF)
reportedly
sent
a
letter
to
the
President
of
FWICE,
Akshaye
Widhani,
and
revealed
that
the
studio
has
sent
a
request
to
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
to
allocate
and
allow
YRF
to
purchase
COVID-19
vaccines
for
the
members
of
the
film
industry's
federation
in
Mumbai.
The
letter
shared
on
social
media
read,
"We
have
sent
a
request
to
the
Honourable
Chief
Minister
of
Maharashtra
to
allocate
and
allow
us
to
purchase
COVID-19
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."
A
News18
report
quoted
FWICE
General
Secretary,
Ashok
Dubey
as
saying,
"When
we
sent
out
the
earlier
proposal,
we
wrote
how
daily-wagers
who
were
working
on
a
12-hour
shift
wouldn't
be
able
to
go
out
and
take
the
jab.
That
led
us
to
consider
a
mass
vaccination
drive
within
the
premises."
Soon
after,
FWICE
also
addressed
a
letter
to
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray.
Signed
by
all
the
designation
holders
of
FWICE,
the
letter
asked
the
government
to
help
provide
60,000
doses
of
the
COVID-19
vaccine
for
30,000
members
of
the
film
industry's
federation.
''Vaccination
is
very
important
not
only
to
fight
the
disease
but
also
to
fight
against
the
dropping
economy
of
the
state," reported
Indiatoday.com
In
the
last
two
months,
many
Bollywood
celebrities
including
Katrina
Kaif,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Alia
Bhatt,
Seema
Pahwa,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali,
Kartik
Aaryan,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Akshay
Kumar,
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Paresh
Rawal,
Aamir
Khan
and
others
had
become
victims
of
the
virus.