Zohaeb Farooqui on vaccination drive: I think government was right in doing phase wise vaccination

The vaccination drive is on and the government recently announced free vaccination for people above the age of 18. But a lot of actors who are in the 45 and 60 age group are still not vaccinated. At the same time vaccine shortage is a reality. Many have opined that vaccination should have been free from the beginning, while the rest are in favour of the government’s phase wise inoculation drive. Actor Zohaeb Farooqui belongs to the second category and he has his reasons to do so.
“India is a country of over 1.3 billion population and reaching out to everyone at the same time is difficult. I think whatever steps the government has taken is good. There needs to be a system in place to work things out,” says the actor, who has taken his first dose. His experience has been good, things were quite organised and he was fine after the first jab.
All thanks to corona, health is one thing which has taken centre stage in our lives. Right eating has become a norm, more so with everyone realising the jaan hai toh jahaan hai. “Yes to an extent this pandemic has made people aware but I still have people out there who are not taking things seriously. I still see people not maintaining social distance or wearing masks,” he sounds upset.
Given how this pandemic has affected us all, holding up in such times is necessary. “I guess except for the food processing industry, everyone is suffering and there is a decline in their respective fields of work. The reason why I pointed to the food processing industry is because I’ve seen people rushing for basics. In whatever condition you are in, everyone needs food to survive. They can cut out on eating out and all but the basics cannot be avoided,” he says.