Harshvardhan Rane and Bengali matinee idol Soumitra Chatterjee test positive for COVID-19

By IANS

on October 06, 2020 09:06:15 PM

Harshvardhan Rane has tested Covid positive. The Bollywood actor says he is now in isolation for 10 days. Harshvardhan took to Twitter and posted a long note sharing that he had fever and stomach ache. He captioned the post saying: "Tested Corona Positive." In the note, he wrote: "Hi lovely people, So I had fever and a stomach ache, and went to a hospital to get an opinion. They said it's mostly viral fever as lungs are super healthy and no other symptoms, and performed a routine covid test just to rule it out. "My aarogya setu app now says I am Covid positive! Okay then, guess its 10 days of isolation from here on."

Harshavrdhan had an announcement to make and shared that he had put it on hold for 10 more days. "Had some good news for you guys but guess it will have to wait for 10 more days! So see you on the other side with some great news, and good health!!! Ps- Please dont worry and please please don't send me ‘Whatsapp university' remedies. Just send your love to the Taish team."

Tested Corona Positive pic.twitter.com/nlXa7IAc3w

— Harshvardhan Rane (@harsha_actor) October 5, 2020

On the other hand, veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday and is stable, sources said. The veteran actor was admitted to a private nursing home in Kolkata around 11 am, a day after he took a Covid-19 test.

A private nursing home bed was booked for the actor on Monday evening, where he was shifted this morning. The sources said Chatterjee was unwell for the past couple of days and reportedly suffering from fever. He was shooting for a documentary titled Abhijan directed by actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay.

He had attended the shoot floor at Bharatlaxmi Studio on October 1. The next shooting schedule was on October 7. It was learnt that the actor had symptchronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related problem. Last year, he had suffered a bout of pneumonia and was admitted to a hospital for a few days.

Earlier, many actors, directors and producers like Ranjit Mallick, his daughter and actress Koel Mallick, wife Dipa Mallick, producer Nispal Singh and director Raj Chakraborty had tested coronavirus positive but have since recovered.