Gujarati actor Pratik Gandhi is the latest to be struck by the COVID-19 virus. The actor revealed that he, and his family, had tested positive for the viral infection on Sunday. However, the actor is since on the way to recovery.
Speaking to the online entertainment website, IWMbuzz, the actor said, "We are all improving now. And we feel much better now as compared with the previous days."
Earlier, Gandhi had revealed the diagnosis on Twitter saying, "We as a family took 'Be positive' way to seriously and didn't discriminate against even corona. Me & my wife are being treated at home and my brother is hospitalised..."
We as a family took "Be positive" way to seriously and didn't discriminate against even corona . Me & my wife are being treated at home and my brother is hospitalised, we are all putting up a strong fight against the virus. With Warmth , support and prayers of friends and family.
— Pratik Gandhi (@pratikg80) July 19, 2020
The actor, who has been part of Mitron (2018) and Loveyatri (2018), faced some trouble procuring injections for his brother, which was sorted out with some help.
Friend & actor @pratikg80 bro Punit,down with COVID,urgently needed injections.
— Madhavi Bhuta (@MadhaviBhuta) July 19, 2020
I contacted @KiritSomaiya late in2 nite 4 help.
His prompt n precise action helped procure https://t.co/Im8JinPLQM middle of nite.
Moreover,his call 2 fly,(all wth COVID)was reassuring in trying time.
Gandhi had recently bagged the lead role in Hansal Mehta's upcoming web-series, Scam 1992. The web-series is based on journalists Sucheta Dalal and Debasis Basu's bestselling book, Scam.
The series is currently being edited by Mehta and will stream on the OTT platform SonyLiv.