Actor Arshad Warsi is the latest celebrity to get the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. The actor reportedly took the first dose of vaccination in a hospital in Mumbai on Friday
Actor
Arshad
Warsi
is
the
latest
celebrity
to
get
the
first
shot
of
the
COVID-19
vaccine.
The
actor
reportedly
took
the
first
dose
of
vaccination
in
a
hospital
in
Mumbai
on
Friday.
In
the
past
few
weeks,
many
Bollywood
actors
have
tested
positive
for
the
novel
Coronavirus,
including
actors
who
have
been
busy
filming
Alia
Bhatt,
Katrina
Kaif,
Vicky
Kaushal,
and
Bhumi
Pednekar.
Arshad
took
to
his
Instagram
handle
and
reminded
fans
that
COVID-19
vaccine
is
the
best
way
to
combat
the
virus.
He
shared
a
picture
of
himself
while
getting
the
vaccine
shot
and
wrote,
"Vaccine
lagao
immunity
badhao..."
Soon
after
he
also
took
to
Twitter,
sharing
a
similar
photo
he
added,
"And
it
is
done...
more
vaccinated
people,
equals
to
less
coronavirus...".
From
April
1,
the
government
opened
up
the
vaccine
drive
for
all
above
the
age
of
45,
leading
many
actors
to
head
to
the
vaccine
booths.
Last
week
Bollywood
diva
Malaika
Arora
also
took
her
first
dose
of
COVID-19
vaccine.
Sonu
Sood,
Rohit
Shetty,
Anurag
Kashyap,
Paresh
Rawal,
Salman
Khan,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
among
the
celebrities
who
took
the
vaccine
in
the
first
week
of
April.
Coming
back
to
Arshad,
the
actor
recently
wrapped
up
the
shoot
for
Bachchan
Pandey
alongside
Akshay
Kumar
and
Kriti
Sanon.
Notably
in
the
Farhad
Samji
directorial,
Arshad
will
be
seen
playing
Akshay
close
friend,
who
is
a
gangster
aspiring
to
be
an
actor.
While
Arshad's
co-star
Akshay
tested
positive
for
COVID-19,
the
latter
had
begun
shooting
for
Ram
Setu
and
had
already
wrapped
up
Bachchan
Pandey,
a
while
ago.