MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital on Saturday evening. Before being admitted to the hospital, a tweet from his official Twitter handle said: ”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 !”, Zee news reported.

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 !

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 11, 2020

Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in Shoojit Sircar’s comedy-drama ”Gulabo Sitabo” alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. The film was initially going to be released in theaters, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it premiered on Amazon Prime Video.

Big B was also slated to return to host the twelfth season of ”Kaun Banega Crorepati.” The auditions of the show concluded in May this year.