NE NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI, JULY 12
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya have tested Covid-19 positive.
It was confirmed by Maharashtra Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Tope.
“Smt. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Daughter Aaradhya Abhishek Bachchan have also been detected positive for Covid19. Smt. Jaya Bachhan ji is tested negative for covid19. We wish the Bacchan Family to get well soon with a speedy recovery,” tweeted minister Tope on his official twitter handle, @rajeshtope11. However, this twitter was missing in the Minister’s twitter handle.
Later at 3.09 p.m., Bollywood star and Abhisekh Bachchan’s wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan confirmed that she and her daughter were confirmed positive during the second round of tests conducted by BMC. Both of them were shifted to Leelavathi Hospital in Mumbai. In her twitter handle Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said “in second round of testing for covid19 me and my daughter aradhya also tested positive for covid19 we are shifted to leelavati hospital. we are in touch with by bmc please pray for us #AmitabBachchan #AbhishekBachchan #AishwaryaRaiBachchan”
https://twitter.com/aish_rai_bachan/status/1282248212070330368
On Saturday, antigen tests conducted on Aishwarya, 46, daughter Aaradhya, 8, and Aishwarya’s mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan had yielded negative results. However swab tests were awaited at that point.
Aishwarya’s husband, actor Abhishek Bachchan, and his father, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, had already tweeted to confirm that they had been infected with Covied-19 on Saturday evening. Both are admitted to Nanavati Hospital.
“T 3590 -I have tested Covid-19 positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests, results awaited .. All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested!” @SrBachchan wrote on his verified Twitter handle.
Soon after Bachchan’s tweet, his son Abhishek Bachchan had tweeted to confirm that he too had tested Covid positive.
“Earlier today both my father and I tested positive for Covid-19. Both of us having mild symptoms have been admitted to hospital. We have informed all the required authorities and our family and staff are all being tested. I request all to stay calm and not panic. Thank you,” Abhishek, 44, had tweeted on his verified account, @juniorbachchan.
On Sunday morning, Abhishek also confirmed the news on Instagram, requesting people to stay calm and not panic.
According to Nanavati sources, both Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan are in stable condition.
Jaya Bachchan has tested Covid-19 negative.
