Spread COVID-19 awareness Taarak Mehta style

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:35 PM Apr 12, 2020 IST

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TheTaarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) team has been running a series of educational episodes on preventing the spread of coronavirus. It has now come up with WhatsApp stickers on personal hygiene and social isolation through comic expressions.

The show has been raising awareness on the precautionary measures and hygiene processes to be followed as advised by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for containing the spread of the disease.

The characters of TMKOC are household names in the country and the popular faces are being used to spread awareness of the dos and don’ts for COVID-19. There is Jethaa Lal with a sticker saying, “Corona se daro na,” Popat Lal saying, “Bahaar jaana cancel,” Tapu saying, “Stay safe,” Sonu saying, “Haat bhoya kya”, Dr Haathi saying, “Don’t panic be calm” and Iyer saying, “No handshake only namaste.”

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