Big B Amitabh Bachchan has received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine he confirmed in a tweet late night on Thursday.
Taking to his official blog, the 78-year-old actor revealed that every member of his family, except son Abhishek Bachchan, have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
“Vaccination done. All well. Did COVID test for family and staff yesterday, results came today. All good, all negative. So done the vaccine,” Amitabh Bachchan wrote. “All family done except Abhishek .. he be on location and shall do it on return soon in a few days.”
Check out the post here:
T 3861 –
Got it done !
My CoviD vaccination this afternoon ..
All well .. 🙏— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 1, 2021
Last year, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, actor-daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and his granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan had tested positive for coronavirus. Senior Bachchan is the latest Indian film celebrity to be vaccinated after Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sharmila Tagore, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Mohanlal, Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Rohit Shetty, Neena Gupta, Rakesh Roshan and Johnny Lever.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra has reported 43,183 new Covid-19 cases, its highest one-day rise since the pandemic began. Mumbai reported 8,646 new cases, which increased its caseload to 423,419.
The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2,856,163), Kerala (1,124,584), Karnataka (997,004), Andhra Pradesh (901,989), and Tamil Nadu (886,673).
