Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma take up Safe Hands Challenge to fight coronavirus

Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma took the `Safe Hands Challenge` and shared videos where they are seen washing their hands to create awareness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

New Delhi: Actress Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma on Tuesday took the 'Safe Hands Challenge' and shared videos where they are seen washing their hands. Deepika took it as the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, nominated her for the challenge amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The 'Ram Leela' actor took to Twitter as she shared a video while she is seen washing her hands is forward and backward strokes. In the video, she is seen wearing a mask while she shows the handwashing technique. At the end of the video, after washing her hands properly, Deepika is seen winking at the camera as she wipes her hands using a towel. She captioned the post as, "Thank You @DrTedros, for nominating me for the #SafeHands Challenge! #COVID19 surely is an uphill health and public safety task, but all of us are in this fight together! I further nominate @rogerfederer,@Cristiano and @imVkohli to take up this challenge! #coronavirus #StaySafe."

On Friday, Ghebreyesus shared an awareness video on Twitter where he is seen showing the hand washing techniques to prevent the spread of coronavirus. He tweeted the video along with a caption that reads, "There are several measures you can take to protect yourself from #COVID19. One of the most important ones is regular & safe hand hygiene. Here are the steps recommended by @WHO Show the where and how you wash your hands. Join the WHO #SafeHands challenge!"While sharing the video he nominated renowned celebrities to take the challenge and create videos for awareness. Along with Deepika, he nominated Priyanka Chopra, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Katy Perry among others. Deepika further nominated Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virat Kohli to further spread awareness on the handwash techniques, amid the coronavirus scare. 

After Deepika, it was the turn of Anushka to take up the challenge and shared a video where she is seen demonstrating how to wash hands as recommended by the WHO. 

The 31-year-old actor documented the video on her Instagram stories.

She began the video by addressing the tough times prevailing in the country due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and pitched on one of the key factors that have been recommended by the health care professionals, which is of washing hands.

Continuing further, the `Sultan` actor demonstrated the right way of washing hands using soap and water as recommended by the WHO.

While sharing the routine of washing hands, the actor also made a point to save water, as amid the scare of maintaining good hygiene there are high chances of wasting water.