Amitabh Bachchan, a single of India’s most effective recognized movie actors, has tested favourable for Covid-19, he told his millions of Twitter followers.

“I have tested Covid optimistic, shifted to hospital, healthcare facility informing authorities, household and team been through assessments, final results awaited,” he wrote.

His son, Abhishek, later tweeted he had also analyzed positive.

Bachchan, 77, has been concerned in 200 films considering the fact that turning out to be a star five a long time back.

He, and Abhishek, 44, have been taken to Nanavati Medical center in Mumbai, and his son described them each as owning delicate symptoms. A healthcare facility formal instructed The Indian Convey newspaper that he was in a stable ailment.

Amitabh urged anyone who had been near to him in the previous 10 times to get examined.

The information has led to an outpouring of help for the pair on social media. Among people paying out their respects had been actress Sonam K Ahuja and former India cricket player Irfan Pathan.

Bachchan Snr has liked starring roles in hit flicks this kind of as Zanjeer and Sholay. Because rising to fame in the 1970s, he has received several accolades which includes 4 National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its greatest civilian award, the Legion of Honour, for his contribution to cinema.

Exterior performing, Bachchan Snr had a short stint in politics and was elected as a member of India’s parliament in 1984 at the behest of previous Primary Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned 3 years afterwards, disillusioned by a corruption scandal beneath Mr Gandhi’s govt.

He was also a businessman, environment up the Amitabh Bachchan Corporation in 1995 for celebration administration and the generation of movies. Right after the undertaking unsuccessful, he went on to host Television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati – centered on the United kingdom game exhibit Who Needs To Be A Millionaire? – and has starred in a lot more flicks given that. His latest film was the comedy Gulabo Sitabo, introduced on Amazon.

In modern months, he has been outstanding in helping the federal government get its information across in the struggle towards coronavirus.

India has found a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus circumstances, with the full climbing to nearly 821,000 on Saturday – the 3rd greatest caseload in the environment. There have been problems about a deficiency of both screening and frontline medical staff.