Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek, who are currently receiving treatment for coronavirus in a hospital in the western city of Mumbai, are “responding well” to the treatment, hospital sources said on Tuesday.
“Both are stable and are responding well to the treatment. They will stay in the hospital for at least seven days,” a source from the hospital revealed in a press statement.
Bollywood fans are holding special prayers for Amitabh, who starred in over 200 films in a career spanning five decades, Bachchan is one of the world's most prolific film stars.
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Amitabh, 77, and Abhishek, 44, revealed their diagnosis on Twitter on July 11, adding that they were in the isolation ward of Nanavati Hospital.
Later on, Abhishek announced on the platform that his wife, Bollywood beloved actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and daughter, Aaradhya, have also been infected with the coronavirus.
He revealed that the rest of the family including his mother have tested negative.
“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 🙏🏽” he tweeted on Sunday.
Post the actors’ diagnosis, 26 staff members working at their bungalows were also tested for the virus.
On Monday, Vishwas Mote, assistant municipal commissioner, K West ward, announced that the test results were negative.
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It is worth mentioning that the novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide. It also hit several celebrities and top political figures around the world.
The virus is a new member of the Coronaviruses group, which was never identified in humans. The viruses’ family also includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), which cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Humans and animals such as mammals and birds can be affected by the disease.
The name coronavirus is derived from the Latin corona, meaning “crown” or “halo”.
On February 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19, taken from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”.
In December 2019, an outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was given the interim name 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was later renamed SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
Coronavirus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.
It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.
The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
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