In a bid to speed up the vaccination drive in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government on Wednesday decided to make actor Salman Khan the vaccine ambassador of the state. According to a PTI report, state Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said there was hesitancy about taking anti-coronavirus vaccines in Muslim-dominated areas, and the government will take the help of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to convince people to take the jab.
Speaking to PTI on Monday, Tope said that Maharashtra is leading in terms of the number of vaccine shots administered, but in some areas the pace of vaccination is low. “There is still some hesitancy in Muslim-dominated areas. We have decided to use Salman Khan and religious leaders to convince the Muslim community to take the vaccine,” he said.