Covid-19 jabs: Teen actors, celeb mother and father heave a sigh of reduction

Covid-19 vaccinations for youngsters aged 15 to 18 started on Monday, and over 40 lakh teenagers acquired their first dose on the identical day. Young actors who’ve been filming within the midst of the pandemic lauded the choice, which comes at a time when the Omicron variant is on the rise.

Actor Kartikey Malviya, who not too long ago turned 18, reveals that he was getting “impatient” for the primary jab and has acquired it now. “No matter how many protocols you adhere to, we make mistakes. Sometimes, our masks slip off, and we don’t have sanitisers around us. That’s why vaccination is important,” says the Karmaphal Daata Shani actor as he urges all teenagers to go and get themselves vaccinated. 

17-year-old Ashnoor Kaur of Patiala Babes fame is relieved to have the ability to get the shot, however asserts that precautions and protocols stay essential to maintain the virus at bay. “I’m looking forward to getting myself vaccinated. I’ve been travelling and working through the first and second waves, and there was always a sense of fear. Now that vaccines are available, it definitely feels like I’ve got a way to finally feel protected,” she shares. 

This can also be an enormous reduction for actors who’ve teenage youngsters. Mother to 17-year-old Satyendra, actor Renuka Shahane, says, “We’re now protected, thanks to vaccines. It’s high time that our children also feel the same. Vaccines improve immunity and even if you do contract Covid-19, the symptoms aren’t very severe.” But Shahane rapidly provides that she by no means stopped her son from going out and assembly his pals: “In fact, I encouraged him to go out and play football because open spaces are safer.”

Actor Amar Upadhyay, who has an 18-year-old son, Aryaman, shares that his son is already vaccinated and that the provision of vaccine for teenagers is certainly “fantastic news”. “I was very worried. Yes, their immune is stronger than ours but it doesn’t mean that vaccines aren’t necessary for them,” he says.