The Asian Age

Aish, daughter test +ve, Jaya tests Covid -ve

Both suggested home quarantine

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya tested positive for novel coronaviru­s, hours after her husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-inlaw, megastar Amitabh Bachchan contracted the infection, Maharashtr­a health minister Rajesh Tope tweeted on Sunday afternoon. However, minutes later, he deleted his tweet.

Rest of the family members — Jaya Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda and her children Agastya and Navya Naveli — tested negative for the deadly virus. A sanitisati­on drive was carried out at the Bachchans’ Jalsa residence on Sunday and a team of doctors also arrived to take samples of those whose tests were pending. Their home is now a containmen­t zone and no one is allowed to enter or exit the place. The BMC has also sealed the other three bungalows of the family — Pratiksha, Janak and Vatsa

“Smt Aishwarya Rai Bacchan & daughter

Aaradhya Abhishek Bachchan have also been detected positive for Covid-19. Smt Jaya Bachchan ji is tested negative for Covid-19. We wish the Bachchan family to get well soon with a speedy recovery,” read his deleted tweet.

Aishwarya and Aaradhya’s first test report, which came on Saturday night, was negative but the final report found them to be infected with coronaviru­s.

Sources in Brihanmumb­ai Municipal Corporatio­n (BMC) claim that Aishwarya and Aaradhya have been suggested to remain home quarantine­d as they are asymptomat­ic. However, it is now up to the family to take a call after consulting their doctor. Medical teams have been deployed at all four bungalows of the Bachchans.

 ?? — PTI ?? Corporatio­n workers sanitise the area outside Jalsa, the residence of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, in Mumbai on Sunday. The actor was on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19.
— PTI Corporatio­n workers sanitise the area outside Jalsa, the residence of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, in Mumbai on Sunday. The actor was on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19.
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