Bollywood
star
Akshay
Kumar
who
was
recently
hospitalized
after
testing
positive
for
COVID-19,
is
now
back
home
'safe
and
sound'
after
recovering
from
the
virus.
Akshay's
wife
and
actress-turned-author
Twinkle
Khanna
shared
this
news
on
her
Instagram
page.
She
posted
a
monochrome
caricature
of
her
and
Akshay,
inspired
by
The
Simpsons
and
wrote,
"Safe
and
sound
and
good
to
have
him
back
around.
#allizwell."
Akshay's
Bell
Bottom
co-star
Huma
Qureshi
reacted
to
Twinkle's
post
by
dropping
raising
hands
emoji
while
producer
Shrishti
Behl
Arya
dropped
a
heart
emoji.
Akshay
Kumar
was
busy
shooting
for
his
upcoming
film
Ram
Setu
when
he
tested
positive
for
COVID-19.
Following
his
diagnosis,
the
actor
got
himself
hospitalized
as
a
precautionary
measure
and
posted
a
note
to
inform
the
fans
about
the
same.
He
wrote,
"Thank
you
everyone
for
all
your
warm
wishes
and
prayers,
they
seem
to
be
working.
I
am
doing
fine
,
but
as
a
precautionary
measure
under
medical
advice,
I
have
been
hospitalised.
I
hope
to
be
back
soon."
Post
Akshay's
COVID-19
diagnosis,
his
Ram
Setu
co-stars
Jacqueline
Fernandez
and
Nushrratt
Bharuccha
had
also
got
themselves
tested
for
the
virus
as
per
the
protocol.
Thankfully,
both
the
leading
ladies
tested
COVID-19
negative.
Amid
news
of
Akshay's
health
scare,
there
were
speculations
in
the
media
that
45
junior
artistes
on
the
sets
of
Ram
Setu
had
tested
positive
for
COVID-19.
However,
the
film's
producer
Vikram
Malhotra
refuted
these
reports
while
speaking
with
a
leading
daily.
He
clarified
that
out
of
190-odd
people,
25
people
had
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
at
the
off-location
testing
centre.
He
further
added
that
the
affected
individuals
were
never
a
part
of
the
unit
or
present
on
the
film's
set.