Ranvir Shorey says 'wave is real' as son test COVID-19 positive

Actor Ranvir Shorey on Tuesday said his son has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The actor, who shares 10-year-old Haroon with former wife and actor Konkona Sensharma, tested positive for the virus when Shorey and their son took an RT-PCR test on their way back to the city from Goa.

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Actors Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sensharma's son Haroon has contracted coronavirus. On Tuesday, Ranvir took to Twitter and informed his followers that his son tested positive for COVID-19 while they were returning from Goa to Mumbai.

"My son Haroon and I were on holiday in #Goa, and during the routine RT-PCR testing for the flight back to Mumbai, he has turned out to be #Covid positive," he tweeted.

Ranvir also shared that he and his son are asymptomatic and have quarantined themselves.

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"We are both completely asymptomatic and have immediately quarantined until further investigations. The wave is real. #India," he added.

Meanwhile, a total of 6,358 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload in the country to 75,456, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

On the work front, Shorey was last seen on the SonyLIV series Tabbar.