Bachchan Family Gets COVID-19: Here’s What All Happened on Day 1

Here are the developments from the first day as Amitabh Bachchan and three other members of his family test positive for COVID-19.

Updated: July 12, 2020 11:20 PM IST

By India.com Entertainment Desk | Edited by Vineeta Kumar

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The Bachchan family (Photo Courtesy: Instagram/@aishwaryaraibachchan_arb)

10:00 pm: Amitabh Bachchan tweets and thank all for their love and prayers. He says he will always be eternally grateful for this respect and good wishes. Here’s the tweet:

06:55 pm: Abhishek Bachchan tweets and mentions that he continues to be at the Nanavati Hospital and is strictly following the doctor’s suggestions. He also mentioned that Aishwarya and Aaradhya have been quarantined at home after being tested positive earlier today. AB’s tweet read, “Aishwarya and Aaradhya have also tested COVID-19 positive. They will be self quarantining at home. The BMC has been updated of their situation and are doing the needful.The rest of the family including my Mother have tested negative. Thank you all for your wishes and prayers 🙏🏽

06:10 pm: Abhishek Bachchan has reportedly left the Nanavati Hospital after hearing about Aishwarya and Aaradhya being tested positive for the virus. It is not yet revealed whether he will be back or stay at home under self-quarantine with his wife and daughter.

05:35 pm: In other news, another actor was tested positive for COVID-19. Kasautii Zindagii Kay star Parth Samthaan revealed that he has contracted the virus and has been under self-quarantine at home.

05:15 pm: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli sent good wishes to Amitabh Bachchan.

04:45 pm: Special prayers for the Bachchan has been organised at a temple in Ujjain. The Bachchan family is a great believer of Lord Shiva and therefore the priests at the famous temple prayed for their well-being.

04:40 pm: A report in Hindustan Times quoted Vishwas Mote, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, K west ward of the BMC saying, “All four bungalows of Bachchan family named Jalsa, Janak Pratiksha and Vatsa have been sealed and declared as containment zone. We are conducting contact tracing among all staff members, and till now 30 have been identified as high-risk contacts.”

04:17 pm: A report in Pinkvilla suggests that apart from Jalsa, Amitabh Bachchan’s three other properties in Mumbai have been sealed by the BMC. It is also revealed that 30 people who got in contact with the Bachchan family in the last few days have been put on the list to be tested.

04:13 pm: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya will not be admitted to the hospital. The doctors have suggested that they can stay quarantined at home and take the precautionary measures to get cured.

04:10 pm: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya Bachchan are still at their residence Jalsa. The BMC is thinking over their health condition to decide whether they need to be hospitalised or they should be quarantined at home for now. NDTV 24×7 reported that the mother-daughter duo hasn’t arrived at the Nanavati hospital yet where both Amitabh and Abhishek are admitted already.

03:50 pm: Actor Amit Sadh, who worked with Abhishek Bachchan in the Amazon Prime Video series Breathe 2, will also undergo COVID-19 tests. Both Amit and Abhishek went out a few days back to dub for their series in Mumbai. Amit said that he’s feeling healthy and taking tests out of safety.

03:35 pm: The entire nation gets together to pray and send good wishes to the Bachchan family. Hashtags in the name of Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aaradhya Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have taken over Twitter in India as the fans pray for the well-being of all.

03:25 pm: Rajesh Tope deleted his Twitter post. This could be out of a special request from the family members as none of the Bachchans have officially spoken out on Aishwarya and Aaradhya being COVID-19 positive. A statement from the family should come out in sometime.

03:15 pm: In a tweet made by Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope, it was revealed that Jaya Bachchan, Shweta Nanda, her kids Agastya and Navya Naveli have been tested negative for the virus. They have quarantined at Jalsa after BMC sanitised and sealed the residence on Sunday morning.

03:10 pm: News channels ABP, News18 report that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya Bachchan have also been found tested positive for the coronavirus. In their rapid test reports, they were not found positive but the swab reports that came out on Sunday, both the mother and the daughter were found infected with the virus.

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, on Saturday, announced that they have been infected with the coronavirus. On Sunday, it was revealed that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya Bachchan were also tested positive for COVID-19. As of now, four members of the Bachchan family have contracted the virus while the rest of them are quarantined at Jalsa for the next two weeks after which they will be tested again to eliminate any further chances of getting the coronavirus.

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