Bollywood star, Amitabh Bachchan, recovers from COVID-19

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been discharged from hospital, three weeks after he observed coronavirus symptoms after testing positive for the disease.

The movie star has been discharged todqy, Sunday August 2nd 2020.

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

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

He thanked his family, fans “and the excellent care and nursing” at the hospital, saying they “made it possible for me to see this day”.

At the time he said he had “mild” symptoms.