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Salaam-Namashkaar: Salman Khan posts crucial health advisory for fans amid coronavirus crisis

| @indiablooms | Mar 06, 2020, at 09:37 am

Mumbai/IBNS: At a time when people across the globe are moving away from handshakes in a bid to what might be a way to check coronavirus spread, Bollywood actor Salman Khan reminded his fans on Instagram that the Indian culture has both "Namashkaar" and "Salaam".

Both the greetings style do not need body contact.

Sharing a picture on Instagram in which he could be seen sitting with his hands folded, Salman captioned it: "Namashkaar ... hamari sabhyata mein namaste aur salaam hai!Jab #coronavirus Khatam ho jaye tab Haath milao aur gale lago.... @beingstrongindia."

Salman's health advisory has earned over 2 million likes.

Coronavirus emerged from China and several cases of it have been reported from India in recent times.

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