Sonakshi Sinha receives COVID-19 vaccine shot in Mumbai

Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha, on Monday became the latest Indian celebrity to take the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The 33-year-old star took to her Instagram handle and shared a picture of herself getting vaccinated. The snap features Sonakshi wearing a double face mask as she signalled a 'victory' sign to the camera.

"#Vaccine manjhe #Victory!!!," (Vaccine means victory) she wrote in the caption.

Earlier in the day, Bollywood couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh also took the vaccination jab as the drive opened up for those under 45.

Sonakshi and the star couple are the latest addition to be vaccinated after Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Hema Malini, Mohanlal, Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, among others.

The second wave of coronavirus has infected many people, and the number of COVID-19 positive cases has been rapidly rising. In Bollywood, an array of celebrities like Kangana Ranaut, Arjun Rampal, Manish Malhotra among others got infected within a span of a few weeks.

(ANI)