Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma to raise Rs.7 crore for COVID-19 relief fund
The funds will be given to 'ACT Grants' for their campaign to provide 50,000 oxygen concentrators across the country.
New Delhi: Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma have started a COVID-19 relief fund of Rs.7 crore on ‘Ketto’ and the funds will be given to the ‘ACT Grants’. Virat posted a video on his Twitter account in which the couple asked their friends, family and fans to support and their initiative and donate as much as possible.
In the video, the couple says, “Entire nation is grateful to the people who are fighting against this pandemic for us and their dedication is appreciated. But now the time has come when they need our support and we should stand beside them.”
Anushka and I have started a campaign on @ketto, to raise funds for Covid-19 relief, and we would be grateful for your support.
Let’s all come together and help those around us in need of our support.
I urge you all to join our movement.
Link in Bio! ?#InThisTogether pic.twitter.com/RjpbOP2i4G
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 7, 2021
‘ACT Grants’ is a non-profit organization running a campaign called ‘Oxygen for everyone’ as they are trying to provide 50,000 oxygen concentrators to COVID-19 patients across India.
India recorded 4,14,188 new cases of the virus on Friday while the death toll reached the highest at 3,915.