Today India: Salman Khan joins Bollywood bandwagon to create awareness around Covid-19: This is a serious matter

Salman Khan joins Bollywood bandwagon to create awareness around Covid-19: This is a serious matter

Salman Khan is the latest celebrity to release a video message to create awareness around the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday night, the actor shared the video on social and asked his fans to follow precautionary measures to help prevent the spread of the novel virus.

In the video, Salman Khan is seen talking about how serious the current situation is. He says, "Bus main, train main, market main, har jagah, toh kyun pange le rahe ho bahar ja ke? Ye public holiday nahi hai bhai. Ye bada serious mamla hai. Ye sab bandh karo bhai. (It's there on bus, train and market, everywhere. Why are you taking risk? This is not a public holiday. This is a serious matter. Stop this)."

Talking about the measures one should take to protect themselves from the virus, he says, "Mask pehno, protect karo apne aap ko, haath dho, saaf suthre raho, logon se dur raho. Ye sab karne main kya dikkat hai aapko? Agar kisi ki jaan bach rahi hai, jaane bach rahi hai, sekdo jaane bach rahi hai, aapki khud ki, toh kyun nahi kar rahe ho aap? Karo yaar, ye zindagi ka sawaal hai. Please. Darkhwaast hai. (Wear mask, protect yourselves, wash your hands, keep yourself clean, maintain social-distancing. Why can't you do this if you can save so many lives, including yours? Please do. It's a request)."

Earlier, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt and Madhuri Dixit, among others, came together to feature in a video creating awareness around coronavirus. The stars talked about the rules and measures that should be taken to prevent the spread of this deadly virus.