After several reports of veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty testing positive for COVID-19 surfaced, the news was then refuted by Mithun Chakraborty's son Mahaakshay Chakraborty or 'Mimoh' through a statement given to SpotboyE. Speaking about his father's health, Mahaakshay said, "Dad is fine. He continues to inspire me every day to work extremely hard and stay positive at all times. The tweet of Mithun testing positive was originally shared by Filmfare who later deleted it and posted a new tweet saying that the news of the actor testing positive was incorrectThey also shared a statement by the actor turned politician in which he confirmed that he is, in fact, healthy. Recently, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonu Sood, Manish Malhotra, Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, and Rohit Saraf, among others had tested positive for COVID-19.

Source: dna April 27, 2021 14:03 UTC