India coronavirus: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan recovers, Home Minister Amit Shah hospitalised

The Bollywood actor was hospitalised with Covid-19 three weeks ago. His son Abishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and granddaughter also contracted it

Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-hand man Amit Shah said he tested positive. This comes as more than 1.7 million are infected in India

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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan said he was discharged from a Mumbai hospital on Sunday after undergoing treatment for the coronavirus. Photo: AP

Published: 10:45pm, 2 Aug 2020Updated: 10:48pm, 2 Aug 2020

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan said on Sunday he had been discharged from hospital, three weeks after being admitted with “mild” coronavirus symptoms after testing positive for the disease.

The news came as powerful Indian Home Minister Amit Shah revealed he had tested positive for coronavirus, which is infecting tens of thousands of people a day – and killing hundreds – in the world’s second most-populous country.

More than 1.7 million people have now been infected in India and more than 37,000 have died, giving it the world’s highest toll behind the United States and Brazil.

Bachchan’s actor-son Abishek, who was admitted at the same time, will remain in hospital, while his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and granddaughter Aaradhya were discharged last week.

They were the highest-profile family in India to contract the virus in a country that worships movie stars.

“I am back home. I will have to be in solitary quarantine in my room,” Bachchan wrote on Instagram, saying he had tested negative.