Aishwarya, her daughter test COVID-19 positive

Mumbai: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya tested positive for COVID-19 today, a day after her father-in-law and actor Amitabh Bachchan and her husband Abhishek Bachchan tested positive for the virus.

Earlier, Aishwarya and Aaradhya had tested negative for COVID-19 in the rapid antigen detection test.

On Saturday evening, Big B had tweeted confirming that he tested COVID positive. “T 3590 -I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff undergone tests , results awaited .. All that have been in close proximity to me in the last 10 days are requested to please get themselves tested!” @SrBachchan had tweeted.

Soon after Bachchan’s tweet, his son Abhishek Bachchan had tweeted to confirm that he too tested COVID positive.

“Earlier today both my father and I tested positive for Covid-19. Both of us having mild symptoms have been admitted to hospital. We have informed all the required authorities and our family and staff are all being tested. I request all to stay calm and not panic. Thank you,” Abhishek, 44, had tweeted on his verified account, @juniorbachchan.