Cricketer Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma have joined the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The couple has started a fundraiser to help people in this time of emergency.
The development came two days after IPL 2021, in which Virat was leading RCB, was suspended. The couple aims to raise Rs 7 crore for Covid relief and have donated Rs 2 crore in the fundraiser.
The couple started this campaign on the crowd-funding platform, Ketto, to raise funds for Covid-19 relief.
In a 46-second video posted on social media, Virushka urged their 64.3 million followers to help those in need and donate.
“It pains us to see our country suffer. We are grateful to all the people who are fighting to save India, but they need our help now,” the duo said in the video.
The campaign will run for seven days on Ketto. The funds raised through this initiative will be directed to ‘ACT (Action Covid-19 team) Grants’. ACT Grants has been working towards providing oxygen, medical manpower, vaccination awareness and tele-medicine facilities all through the pandemic.
With the hashtag #InThisTogether, Anushka shared the same video and said she was hopeful that India overcome this crisis together. “Please step forward to support India and Indians. Your contribution will help in saving lives during this critical time,” she wrote.
Anushka also advised people to mask up and stay at home.
India is presently in the middle of the second wave of Covid-19. The country had 4.14 lakh new covid cases in Friday.
