Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year old daughter,
Aaradhya, have recovered from COVID-19 after a 10-day stay in hospital, her
husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan said on Twitter.
Abhishek Bachchan and his father, renowned actor Amitabh Bachchan, 77, are
still recovering from the disease caused by the new coronavirus and remain in a
Mumbai hospital.
“Aishwarya and Aaradhya have thankfully tested negative and have been
discharged from the hospital. They will now be at home. My father and I remain
in hospital under the care of the medical staff,’ he said in a tweet.
The Bachchans have been the most high-profile of India’s growing COVID-19
cases.
Rai, 46, has worked on several Bollywood and Hollywood films and is a brand
ambassador for multinational companies including L’Oreal. Her husband Abhishek,
who is 44, has worked in several Bollywood films and recently acted in a
web-series that was released on Amazon’s streaming platform, Prime Video.
Amitabh Bachchan is one of India’s most beloved actors, and fans all over
the country have been conducting prayers for his swift recovery.
India, which has 1.3 billion people, has recorded more than 1.4 million new
coronavirus cases, the third highest in the world after the United States and
Brazil. It has recorded nearly 33,000 deaths so far.
