The global coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world and it infects people from all walks of life, even celebrities. The most recent celebrities to come out as positive for the coronavirus are three generations of Bollywood royalty, namely the actors Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Deadline reports that Aishwarya and her eight-year-old daughter Aaradhya were the latest in the family to test positive for the coronavirus. Both her husband Abhishek and Abhishek’s father Amitabh also tested positive for the virus and are now hospitalized.
In a tweet, Abhishek revealed that his wife and daughter will both be quarantining at home. He also revealed that the other members of his family, including his mother, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
As explained by the BBC, the Bachchan acting family is one of the most respected in India. Amitabh has been in the entertainment industry for over five decades and has starred in 200 films.
Aside from a long career in Bollywood, Amitabh was also a member of the Indian parliament in 1984. Recently, he had been helping the government out in spreading the word about stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, his son Abhishek has won multiple awards for roles in films like Yuva, Bunty Aur Babli, Dostana, Paa, Bol Bachchan, and more.
Aishwarya is a former Miss World. Aside from starring in numerous Bollywood films, Aishwarya has also appeared in a number of Western films such as Provoked, The Last Legion, and The Pink Panther 2.
India currently has the third-highest caseload of coronavirus cases in the world, with a total of almost 850,000 people a couple of days ago.
The Bachchan family are just the latest A-list celebrities to be infected by the coronavirus. Another A-list name that tested positive for the coronavirus was Tom Hanks, who had been filming an Elivs biopic in Australia at the time.
According to Hanks, his experience with the coronavirus would leave him exhausted less than 15 minutes into a 30-minute workout. Basic stretches and exercises were also hard to do according to Hanks.
Aside from Hanks, other celebrities that have tested positive for the coronavirus include News anchors Chris Cuomo and George Stephanopoulos, television host Andy Cohen, reality star Todd Chrisley, singer Marianne Faithfull, and actors Ali Wentworth, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju, and Idris Elba.
More infections, celebrity or otherwise, are expected as the number of cases continues to rise around the world. According to the World Health Organization’s July 13 situation report, there are now 12,768,307 confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world. There are now 566,654 people that have died from COVID-19 worldwide.