BANGALORE: Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya have recovered from COVID-19 and discharged from hospital after a 10-day stay.
Aishwarya Rai’s husband Abhishek Bachchan announced the news on Twitter today and said “Aishwarya and Aaradhya have thankfully tested negative and have been discharged from the hospital. They will now be at home. My father and I remain in hospital under the care of the medical staff’ he added.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and good wishes. Indebted forever. 🙏🏽
Aishwarya and Aaradhya have thankfully tested negative and have been discharged from the hospital. They will now be at home. My father and I remain in hospital under the care of the medical staff.— Abhishek 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 (@juniorbachchan) July 27, 2020
On July 11, renowned Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan had tested positive for COVID-19 and had been hospitalized.
On a social media website Twitter, on Saturday evening the actor confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff underwent tests, results awaited”.
T 3590 -I have tested CoviD 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 !— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 11, 2020
Amitabh Bachchan and his son tested positive on July 11. Rai and Aaradhya tested positive a day later, but were admitted to hospital only on July 17, after they developed symptoms, local media reported.
Rai, 46, has worked on several Bollywood and Hollywood films and is a brand ambassador for multinational companies including L’Oreal. Her husband Abhishek, who is 44, has worked in several Bollywood films and recently acted in a web-series that was released on Amazon’s streaming platform, Prime Video.
Amitabh Bachchan is one of India’s most beloved actors, and fans all over the country have been conducting prayers for his swift recovery.
India, which has 1.3 billion people, has recorded more than 1.4 million new coronavirus cases, the third-highest in the world after the United States and Brazil. It has recorded nearly 33,000 deaths so far. Cases in India have been rising rapidly, and the country on Monday reported a record number of 49,931 new cases.
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