Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan, on Saturday, said he has tested positive for coronavirus and has been taken to a hospital.
Abhishek Bachchan, his son actor-producer, said that he too has tested positive.
“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 !t,” Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
Bachchan lives in Mumbai, one of the worst hit cities by the deadly respiratory disease in India, recording 91,745 cases and 5,244 deaths so far, second only to Delhi.
The actor is at the Respiratory Isolation Unit at the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.
Doctors told NDTV he is responding well to treatment.
“He is asymptomatic and stable,” Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope told NDTV.