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Amitabh Bachchan tests positive for Covid-19 for second timeThe actor urged everyone who came in his contact to get tested immediately
Mrityunjay Bose
DHNS
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Amitabh Bachchan. Credit: Reuters file photo
Amitabh Bachchan. Credit: Reuters file photo

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday tested positive for novel coronavirus.

The 79-year-old actor shared the news in a post on Twitter and urged everyone who came in his contact to get tested immediately.

"I have just tested CoViD + positive.. all those that have been in my vicinity and around me, please get yourself checked and tested also.." Bachchan wrote.

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This is the second time that the veteran star has contracted the Covid-19 infection. He had previously contracted Covid-19 in July 2020 along with actor-son Abhishek Bachchan, actor-daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan.

On the work front, Bachchan will next be seen in Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, Vikas Bahl's Goodbye, UUnchai and Project K.

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(Published 24 August 2022, 00:11 IST)