Ram
Gopal
Varma
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
to
write
that
he
had
been
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
on
Wednesday,
causing
panic
among
his
followers.
However,
he
later
revealed
that
it
was
an
April
Fool's
joke,
and
that
he
was
only
trying
to
make
light
of
a
serious
situation.
RGV
wrote
in
one
tweet,
"My
doctor
just
told
me
that
I
tested
positive
with
Corona."
Sometime
later,
he
disclosed
that
it
is
an
April
Fool's
prank
by
tweeting,
"Sorry
to
disappoint,
but
now
he
tells
me
it's
a
April
Fool
joke.
it's
his
fault
and
not
mine."
He
wrote
in
another
tweet,
"Anyway
I
am
just
trying
to
make
light
of
a
grim
situation
but
the
joke
is
on
me
and
if
I
dint
offend
anyone
I
sincerely
apologise
to
them."
My
doctor
just
told
me
that
I
tested
positive
with
Corona
As
of
now,
singer
Kanika
Kapoor
is
the
only
Bollywood
celebrity
to
have
tested
positive
for
the
virus.
She
has
been
making
headlines
for
over
a
week
now,
and
as
per
the
latest
report,
she
has
tested
positive
for
Novel
Coronavirus
for
the
fifth
time.
Bollywood
celebrities
have
been
doing
all
they
can
to
spread
awareness
about
the
virus
and
the
precautionary
measures
to
avoid
it.
Many
such
as
Akshay
Kumar,
Anushka
Sharma
and
Virat
Kohli,
Katrina
Kaif,
Varun
Dhawan,
Kartik
Aaryan,
Kangana
Ranaut,
Salman
Khan,
Hrithik
Roshan
and
others
have
been
donating
to
relief
funds
set
up
to
fight
the
spread
of
the
virus.