India Covid crisis: Amitabh Bachchan donates Rs20 million to relief efforts
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He also urged the global community to help India.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs20 million to a Delhi-based Covid care facility as part of efforts to help the country combat the coronavirus crisis.
The Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Covid Care Centre at the Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib to which Bachchan contributed was inaugurated on Monday.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa, president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, shared the news on Twitter.
“’Sikhs are Legendary, salute to their service’. These were the words of @SrBachchan Ji when he contributed Rs 2 Cr to Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Covid Care Facility,” Sirsa wrote on Sunday.
Amitabh Bachchan donates Rs 2 crore to Delhi Gurdwara Covid Care Centre ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated May 10, 2021, 2:20 pm IST
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 2 crore to Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Covid Care Centre at the Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib
Amitabh Bachchan
New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 2 crore to Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Covid Care Centre at the Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib here to help them combat the coronavirus crisis.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa, president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, shared the news on Twitter.
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Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said Delhi has only one day s Covaxin stock left and its Covishield doses will last for just three to four days. The minister s remarks came a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to direct manufacturers to increase vaccine supplies to the capital between May and July. Covaxin doses can last up to one day only, while Covishield doses can last up to three to four days, Jain told reporters after reviewing preparations at Guru Teg Bahadur COVID Care Centre at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in central Delhi. Delhi has so far received 5.5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines for the 18-44 category, and over 43 lakh doses for 45-plus, and healthcare and frontline workers, according to government data released on Sunday.
Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan contributes Rs. 2 Crore for COVID Care Centre in Delhi
The 78-year-old actor also made sure that oxygen concentrators from abroad reached the COVID care centre
| 10 May 2021 11:54 AM GMT
New Delhi: As India is struggling with the second wave of the COVID pandemic, celebrities have been trying to help people deal with the crisis. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has contributed Rs. 2 Crore for the COVID-care centre at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that it is scheduled to open on Monday.
Sirsa, who is also the national spokesperson for Akali Dal party, said, Sikhs are Legendary, Salute To Their Service.
Highlights
Covishield doses can last up to three to four days
Delhi has so far received 5.5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines for the 18-44 category
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday (May 10) said Delhi has only one day s Covaxin stock left and its Covishield doses will last for just three to four days.
The minister s remarks came a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to direct manufacturers to increase vaccine supplies to the capital between May and July. Covaxin doses can last up to one day only, while Covishield doses can last up to three to four days, Jain told reporters after reviewing preparations at Guru Teg Bahadur COVID Care Centre at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in central Delhi.