Jaya Bachchan has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation, The Times of India reported on Friday, February 4.
A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official confirmed this in a statement on Friday, sharing that the veteran actress had indeed tested positive on January 30.
"Today is the 5th day when Jaya Bachchan tested positive for Covid," the official said.
Bachchan's positive diagnosis comes just days after his Rocky and Rani Ki love story co-star Shabana Azmi announced that he had contracted COVID-19; The two were shooting together for Karan Johar's film in Delhi.
Azmi in his statement had said, "Having tested positive for coronavirus... I have isolated myself at home and requested all those who were in close contact with me, please get tested."
According to reports, the shooting of the film was stopped after Bachchan's report came positive and the upcoming shooting schedule in Delhi has also been rescheduled.
The parents of the illustrious Bachchan family are not the only ones to have contracted the virus since the pandemic began; Earlier in 2020, the entire Bachchan family had tested positive, including her husband Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.