Earlier
this
week,
Meera
Chopra
had
announced
on
social
media
that
she
had
received
her
first
dose
of
the
COVID-19
vaccine.
The
actress
had
even
shared
a
picture
of
herself
getting
the
vaccination
at
a
facility
in
Thane,
Maharashtra.
However,
she
landed
herself
in
a
controversy
after
an
ID
card
that
seemingly
showed
her
posing
as
a
frontline
worker
emerged
online.
Meera
saw
herself
come
under
scrutiny
and
criticism
as
some
sources
alleged
on
social
media
that
she
had
been
registered
as
a
frontline
worker
to
get
vaccinated
on
priority.
Some
netizens
also
used
this
incident
to
highlight
malpractices
in
the
vaccination
process.
And
now,
the
section
375
actress
has
issued
a
statement
denying
the
allegations
that
she
secured
her
jab
through
fraudulent
means.
The
statement
read,
“We
all
want
to
get
vaccinated
and
we
all
are
trying
our
best
to
do
that.
Similarly
I
also
tried
trying
asking
help
from
people
I
know
and
after
1
month
of
trying
I
was
able
to
get
myself
registered
in
one
of
the
centres.
I
was
just
asked
to
send
in
my
aadhaar
card.”
“The
ID
that
has
been
floating
on
social
media
is
not
mine.
I
was
asked
for
my
aadhaar
card
for
registration
and
that’s
the
only
ID
I
gave.
No
ID
is
valid
until
it
has
your
signature.
I
myself,
saw
that
so
called
ID
card
for
the
first
time,
when
it
came
on
Twitter.
I
totally
condemn
such
practices
and
if
any
such
ID
has
been
made
I
would
want
to
know
how
and
why,”
she
added
in
her
statement.
Meera,
who
is
the
cousin
of
actor
Priyanka
Chopra,
had
recently
also
revealed
that
she
lost
two
family
members
duo
to
COVID-19.
The
37-year-old
told
HT,
“I
lost
two
very
close
cousins
not
because
of
Covid-19
but
because
the
medical
infrastructure
has
totally
crumbled
down.
My
first
cousin
couldn’t
get
an
ICU
bed
in
Bengaluru
for
almost
two
days,
and
the
second
one
died
after
his
oxygen
dropped
suddenly."