Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek's health stable, to stay in hospital for 7 days

Mumbai : Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son, Abhishek Bachchan, are responding well to the treatment after being admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, hospital sources said on Tuesday.

The 77-year-old actor Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek revealed the news on Twitter on July 11, saying they were in the isolation ward of Nanavati Hospital.

"Both are stable and are responding well to the treatment. They will have to be in the hospital for at least seven days," the hospital sources said.

Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year-old granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan also tested positive for COVID-19. Abhishek confirmed Aishwarya and Aaradhya's diagnosis on the on Sunday, adding that they will be self-quarantining at home.

Meanwhile, on Monday night, Amitabh expressed his gratitude to his fans and well-wishers for “brightening the darkness of his isolation with their messages of love.”

“The heavy rainfall of your prayers and good wishes has broken all the dams of affectionate bonds. I am flooded with so much love. I can't explain the way you have brightened the darkness of my isolation," he wrote in Hindi on Twitter. "I bow down to you," read Amitabh’s tweet.