Sonu Sood receives first shot of COVID-19 vaccine; urges people to get themselves vaccinated

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Actor Sonu Sood on Wednesday took the vaccine for Covid-19 prevention at a hospital in Amritsar, Punjab. The actor also launched "Sanjeevani: A Shot of Life", an initiative to encourage people to get vaccinated and raise awareness.

Sharing the picture of himself while getting the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine on his twitter handle, Sonu wrote, “Got my vaccine today and now it's time to get whole of my country vaccinated. Started the biggest vaccination drive "Sanjeevani" which will bring awareness and get our people vaccinated.  @IlaajIndia @Network18Group @SoodFoundation”.

'Sanjeevani - A Shot of Life' is an initiative to encourage people to get vaccinated against the deadly virus and raising awareness about the ongoing inoculation drive in the country. The ‘Simmba’ actor urged everyone to get vaccinated against coronavirus at the earliest to keep their families and countrymen safe for a better future.

Sonu Sood is the latest Indian film celebrity to be vaccinated after Malaika Arora, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Mohanlal, Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Rohit Shetty, Neena Gupta, Rakesh Roshan, and Johnny Lever.

Sonu Sood was last seen onscreen in a Telugu action-comedy film ‘Alludu Adhurs’ which released in January, 2021. He will next be seen in Yash Raj Films productions historical action drama film ‘Prithviraj’ alongside Akshay Kumar, Manushi Chhillar and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles. The film scheduled to release in theatres on 5 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali.

Sood will also feature in Telugu film ‘Acharya’ and Tamil film ‘Thamezharasan’.