After Akshay, 45 Ram Setu crew members test COVID-19 positive, shoot halted indefinitely

Superstar Akshay Kumar has been admitted to a Mumbai hospital as a precautionary measure a day after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. Apart from Kumar, as many as 45 crew members working on his upcoming film Ram Setu have tested positive for COVID-19.

Hyderabad: Actor Akshay Kumar has been admitted to a Mumbai hospital as a precautionary measure a day after he tested COVID-19 positive. Before testing positive for novel coronavirus, Akshay was busy shooting for his upcoming film Ram Setu. According to the latest reports, apart from Kumar, as many as 45 crew members working on the film have tested positive for COVID-19.

Akshay was tested positive for the virus five days after starting the shoot of his action-adventure drama Ram Setu. Apart from Kumar, as many as 45 crew members working on the film have tested positive for COVID-19. According to reports, a crew of nearly 100 was set to begin filming in Madh Island from April 5 but when the mandatory COVID-19 tests were done, 40 junior artists tested positive.

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The crew members have been quarantined after testing positive. Out of those, 40 were junior artistes while the rest were Akshay's make-up team, their assistants. The shooting for Ram Setu has been halted indefinitely.

After his diagnosis, Kumar had urged all those who came in contact with him to also get themselves tested. "I would sincerely request all those that have come in contact with me get themselves tested and take care. Back in action soon! he wrote on Sunday.

On a related note, 18 unit members of Madhuri Dixit-judged reality show Dance Deewane had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30.