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        <title><![CDATA[Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, family members test positive for coronavirus]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, his son and two other family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, a government minister said Sunday.</p><p>The Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital said that Amitabh Bachchan was in stable condition with mild symptoms in an isolation unit.</p><p>Bachchan, 77, said in a tweet Saturday that he had tested positive and appealed to those who were in close proximity to him in the past 10 days to get themselves tested.</p><p>His son, Abhishek Bachchan, 44, <a href="https://twitter.com/juniorbachchan/status/1282301528523460609">tweeted Saturday night</a> that he also had tested positive and was in a hospital.</p><p>“Both of us having mild symptoms have been admitted to the hospital,” he wrote. “I request all to stay calm and not panic.”</p><p>Maharashtra state Health Minister Rajesh Tope tweeted Sunday that Abhishek Bachchan&#8217;s wife, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and their 8-year-old daughter had also tested positive. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a top Bollywood actress.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">T 3590 -I have tested CoviD positive ..  shifted to Hospital  .. hospital informing  authorities .. family and staff undergone tests , results awaited ..<br />All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested !</p><p>&mdash; Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/1282002456063295490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Those two are asymptomatic and can be quarantined at home or admitted to a hospital, the Press Trust of India news agency cited Tope as saying.</p><p>The elder Bachchan has acted in more than 200 Indian films over the past five decades. He is also a former politician and a television host.</p><p>The Bachchans are often called Bollywood’s first family. His wife, Jaya, is also an actress and a one-time member of Parliament.</p><p>The Press Trust of India cited Tope as saying that Amitabh Bachchan and his son had a cough and fever. &#8220;They underwent rapid antigen test and (results) came positive,&#8221; he said.</p><p>In 2015, the actor revealed that he had been treated for Hepatitis B for more than two decades and lost more than 75% of his liver to the disease. Since he is comorbid, he got himself admitted to the hospital, Tope said.</p><p>The elder Bachchan&#8217;s breakthrough performance came in the 1973 film “Zanjeer,” or “The Chain,” and he rose to superstardom playing bold characters, inspiring fans to copy his hairstyle, clothes and deep voice.</p><p>He briefly entered politics in 1985 but resigned his seat in Parliament midterm when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi&#8217;s administration became ensnared in corruption.</p><p>Bachchan returned to film in the 1990s and made a rare Hollywood appearance in Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 version of “The Great Gatsby.&#8221;</p><p>He embraced social media, engaging with fans using Twitter and Tumblr, and served as host of “Kaun Banega Crorepati,&#8221; India’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”</p><p>Mumbai is among the Indian cities worst hit by the coronavirus. On Sunday, the country&#8217;s virus caseload reached near 850,000, with 28,637 new cases announced, a new single-day high for India.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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