Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter were hospitalized for contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, media reported on Saturday.
Aishwarya’s father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan, and her husband Abhishek Bachchan, also great Bollywood celebrities, were admitted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai a few days earlier.
The Bachchan family are the most prominent personalities suffering from the pandemic in India, which on Friday registered a total of one million cases.
Aishwarya, 46, a former Miss World who appears regularly on the “most beautiful” lists, and her eight-year-old daughter Aaradhya tested positive for the disease nearly a week ago, but were quarantined at her home in Mumbai. .
“After Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya were transferred to Nanavati Hospital,” The Times of India newspaper said, adding that they were admitted to the upper private hospital in Mumbai on Friday night.
Both the mother and daughter were “fine,” the PTI news agency reported, citing hospital sources.
Amitabh and Abhishek were also reported to be stable with mild symptoms of the virus when they entered the hospital isolation room.
Amitabh has been regularly sending Twitter messages since her hospitalization.
“In happy times, in times of sickness, you, our loved ones, our admirers, our admirers have given us boundless love, affection, care and prayer,” Amitabh posted Friday.
T 3597 – In happy times, in times of illness, you, our loved ones, our admirers, our admirers have given us unwavering love, affectionate care and prayer … we express our generous gratitude to all of you … hospital protocol circumstances restrictive! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/ksqlHvXfmo
– Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 17, 2020
Fans across India prayed for the celebrity family as the virus continued its rapid spread with no sign of a spike.
Aishwarya has worked on several Bollywood and Hollywood movies. She is a brand ambassador for many multinational companies.
India has the third highest number of COVID-19 infections in the world, with more than 26,000 deaths. Partial blockades have been re-imposed in some densely populated areas to control the spread of the virus.
Mumbai, the financial center of India and home to Bollywood’s film industry, has become the epicenter of the country’s outbreak, reporting almost 100,000 infections and more than 5,500 deaths so far.
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