COVID-19: From Reading Books To Cleaning Closets, Celebs Make Full Use Of Social-Distancing
Coronavirus, which originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year, has so far spread to more than 100 countries, infecting over 1,30,000 people. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus a pandemic.
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The film industry is suffering a huge loss due to coronavirus outbreak as the major film bodies have announced to shut down the shooting of films, TV shows, and advertisements.
Amidst this lockdown, Bollywood celebrities are home-bound and have returned to their usual hobbies. Read what these celebrities are up to here!
1. Sunny Leone
Sunny Leone, who has been staying at home for quite some time due to the current coronavirus epidemic, shared a snap with her family, who appeared quite prepared to deal with the situation.
Leone posted a picture on Instagram, and the entire family seemed equipped as they wore a mask to deal with COVID-19. The post featured Sunny with husband Daniel Weber, daughter Nisha and twins Noah and Asher.
"A new era! So sad that my kids have to now live like this but it's necessary. Training toddlers to wear a mask Day 1... @dirrty99 and Nathalina team family effort!," Sunny captioned the post.
2. Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan
Documenting her husband and actor Saif Ali Khan's love for reading, superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan on Monday shared a picture from the personal library of the star couple. Kareena shared two pictures - one of Saif reading a book and the other one of herself Instagramming.
In the picture, Saif could be seen wearing a comfy white kurta-pajama while Kareena is seen slaying a no make-up look wearing a plain black top and loose hair. Saif's photo had a picture of the couple's son Taimur Ali Khan in the background.
"Looks like he is 'booked' for the week... While I Instagram," Khan captioned the post.
3. Dilip Kumar
I am under complete isolation and quarantine due to the #CoronavirusOutbreak. Saira has left nothing to chance, ensuring I do not catch any infection.
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Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, legendary actor Dilip Kumar on late hours of Monday took to Twitter to inform his fans that he is under self-quarantine and safe. The 97-year-old actor who recently got discharged from the hospital following backaches revealed how he is dealing with the situation. "I am under complete isolation and quarantine due to #CoronavirusOutbreak. Saira has left nothing to chance, ensuring I do not catch any infection," read Kumar's first tweet about coronavirus. The 'Naya Daur' actor then went to urge people to stop the spread of the virus by staying indoors.
4. Preity Zinta
Preity Zinta on Tuesday urged her social media fam to not step out of their house for preventing the spread of the highly contagious virus. In an attempt to spread awareness about the virus and Indian health care system, the 'Kal Ho Na Ho' actor took to social media and shared a video of herself. "I know nobody is really happy because everybody has got forced holidays, but I think it is really important for all of us to be responsible citizens that is why there are few things I want everyone to do," said Preity in the video.
"Please stay inside your house and wash your hands repeatedly. Secondly don't go outside because it is very infectious and it will affect a lot in the next 2 weeks when we will get to know about the cases that have come to India and the ones that have been detected," she added.
5. Malaika Arora
Malaika Arora shared a glimpse of her self at home. In the picture, Arora is seen sitting by her window soaking up the sun with her pet dog. The picture taken from Arora's back features her in a comfy cotton spaghetti top. "Love in the time of corona #covid19 #selfquarantine #caspernme..... stay safe everyone," she captioned the post. In the wake of spurt in cases of coronavirus across the country, the Central Government on Saturday decided to treat the deadly virus as a "notified disaster".
6. Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is someone who loves to see positive in everything. On Monday, she urged her Instafam to use the time of isolation to be more productive.
The ever-cheerful actor took to Instagram to share a post that spoke about the discoveries done by famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton during the time of shutdown amid plague outbreak.
"When the Great Plague of London was going around in 1665, Cambridge University shut down and Isaac Newton was forced to stay home," Shetty's post read.
"During this time, he invented calculus, parts of optic theory and allegedly, while sitting in his garden, he saw an apple fall from a tree that inspired his understanding
of gravity and the laws of motion," the post further read.
7. Deepika Padukone
Deepika, who is home stuck like many others as a move to socially distance oneself from others to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, took to Instagram to share how she is spending her Sunday. Padukone shared a picture of her outfits kept in hangers on the medium and captioned the post, "Productivity in the time of COVID-19! #cleaning #wardrobe."