New Delhi:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aradhya have also tested positive for coronavirus, Maharashtra Minister of Health Rajesh Tope confirmed today. Jaya Bachchan tested negative for the virus. The Bachchan family had undergone coronavirus testing after the film icon Amitabh Bachchan tested positive for the virus yesterday. In a late evening tweet, he and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan confirmed that they were both positive for the coronavirus.
“Smt. Aishwarya Rai Bacchan & daughter Aaradhya Abhishek Bacchan have also been tested positive for Covid19. Smt. Jaya Bachhan ji tested negative for covid19. We want the Bacchan family to recover quickly with a quick recovery,” reads in a tweet, which was deleted shortly after.
Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital said Amitabh Bachchan, who was brought in last night, is “stable with mild symptoms”. The 77-year-old man is being held in the hospital’s isolation unit.
The hospital said the illness usually peaks around the 10th or 12th day.
“Today would be the 5th day since the onset of symptoms of Amitabh ji … we have to take a closer look for another seven days and see how the disease progresses … in the next 3 days we will be able to see the evolutionary trajectory … it is very likely that he can continue to have a very soft version, “said Dr. Abdul Samad Ansari, head of the hospital’s intensive care unit.
