Aishwarya, daughter test Covid +ive
MUMBAI: A day after actor Amitabh Bachchan, 77, and his actorson Abhishek, 44, got admitted to Nanavati Hospital, after testing positive for Covid-19, two more members of the family — his actor daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 46, and eight-year-old granddaughter Aaradhya — tested positive on Sunday. Four bungalows of the
Bachchan family in Juhu-Vile Parle area have been sealed and declared containment zones.
Abhishek tweeted: “Aishwarya and Aaradhya have also tested Covid-19 positive...”
THE ACTOR AND HER DAUGHTER HAD TESTED NEGATIVE IN ANTIGEN TESTING BUT THEY WERE FOUND POSITIVE IN RT-PCR TESTING
MUMBAI: A day after actor Amitabh Bachchan, 77, and his actorson Abhishek, 44, got admitted to Nanavati Hospital, after testing positive for Covid-19, two more members of the family — his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 46, and eight-year-old granddaughter Aaradhya — tested positive on Sunday. Four bungalows of the Bachchan family in Juhu-Vile Parle area have been sealed and declared containment zones.
After Bachchan and Abhishek showed mild symptoms, all members of the Bachchan family were tested using rapid antigen kits on Saturday. Bachchan’s wife Jaya, 72, daughter Shweta Nanda, 46, Aishwarya and Aaradhya tested negative. Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar, too, confirmed it. However, according to the protocol, they were then tested using the RT-PCR method, in which Aishwarya and Aaradhya tested positive, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said. Jaya Bachchan will be tested again later to overrule any negative reporting.
Later in the evening, Abhishek tweeted: “Aishwarya and Aaradhya have also tested Covid-19 positive. They will be self-quarantining at home. BMC has been updated of their situation and are doing the needful. The rest of the family including my mother have tested negative. Thank you all for your wishes and prayers.” He also wrote: “My father and I remain in hospital till the doctors decide otherwise. Everyone please remain cautious and safe. Please follow all rules!”
Vishwas Mote, assistant municipal commissioner, K-West ward of BMC, said, “The four bungalows – Jalsa, Janak, Pratiksha and Vatsa – have been sanitised and declared containment zones. We are conducting contact-tracing of all staff members.”
BMC in a statement issued on Sunday afternoon said, “Thirty staff members working for the Bachchan family have been tested for Covid-19. In Jalsa bungalow, there is space for isolation and the staff members will be kept there. If any assistance/ facility of the BMC is required, we will take necessary steps for the same.”
Meanwhile, actor Anupam Kher also took to Twitter to inform that his mother had tested positive.