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Need to educate your kids on how to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in a fun way? Well, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Foundation partnered with actor Steve Carell and film and animation company Illumination to produce a public service announcement (PSA) starring the minions and Gru.

Gru and the minions
Source: IMDB

In an effort to make COVID-19 prevention more fun for kids and young-at-hearts, WHO and the UN Foundation enlisted the help of the well-loved characters from the 'Despicable Me' film series.

Steve Carell, who's also the voice actor of Gru, voiced the one-minute PSA.

Steve Carell
Source: Montclair Film Festival (Wikipedia)

In the video, Gru reminds everyone to practice physical distancing, stay active at home, and to be kind to one another.

Gru helping out one of the minions in the PSA
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Other cartoon characters have also starred in COVID-19 prevention PSA.

WHO has also tapped the help of iconic character Mr. Bean in another PSA, where he unveiled his COVID-19 essentials list.

The PSA featuring the minions and Gru was originally released in May and was recently reposted by WHO on their official Facebook page.

If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the cute PSA produced by WHO and Illumination below.

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