Coronavirus update: Kaushik Ganguly tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

National award-winning director Kaushik Ganguly has tested positive for COVID-19. The director took to Twitter on Wednesday to reveal that he has mild symptoms and has gone into isolation at home.

Ganguly had been working on the upcoming film Kabaddi Kabaddi in Bolpur and started feeling ill after the team returned on 24 April. The director tweeted, “Finally, it caught up with me. Inspite of taking all precautions while shooting (sic).”

The director has also requested everyone who came in touch with him in the past week to get themselves tested.

According to a report in The Times of India newspaper, Kabaddi Kabaddi lead actor Ritwick Chakraborty, who is down with a fever, is awaiting his COVID test results.

Arjun Chakraborty, who also stars in the film, tested negative for the coronavirus on Tuesday night. The actor informed The Times of India that 30% of the project was yet to be shot but said that this could wait given the circumstances.