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Entertainment of Sunday, 12 July 2020

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Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan, son test positive for COVID-19

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Veteran Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan announced on Saturday that he tested positive for COVID-19.

“I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests, results awaited,” he wrote on Twitter.

The 77-year-old has enjoyed a lengthy and stellar career which has seen him appear in more than 180 films in over five decades.

Considered one of Bollywood’s most iconic actors of all time, Bachchan urged anyone who may have come into contact with him recently to go for tests to determine their status.

India is one of the world’s worst-affected countries by the COVID-19 pandemic, having reported 820,916 infections and 22,123 deaths as of Saturday afternoon.

CGTN