MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best known movie stars, has tested positive for Covid-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, and both have been moved to a private hospital, the actors said late last night.
“I have tested Covid positive ... shifted to hospital ... hospital informing authorities ... family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” Amitabh Bachchan, 77, said in a tweet.
His son Abhishek Bachchan, 44, said in a tweet minutes later that he had also tested positive.
The Bollywood actors were admitted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai and several other members of the high-profile family were tested for the virus.