Pooja Bedi tests positive for COVID-19, says it’s not her ‘personal decision’

Actress-host Pooja Bedi has tested positive for COVID-19 and she says that she is taking all the necessary precautions. In an Instagram video on Sunday evening, the 51-year-old actor, who has been a vocal anti-vaxxer, revealed that his businessman-fiancé Manek Contractor and his domestic help have also contracted the virus.

“I have finally been found to be COVID positive. I chose to remain without vaccination because it is my own natural immunity and my personal decision to allow alternative healing and wellness practices to accelerate my healing. You do what you do Right for everyone. Caution to each his own. Don’t panic,” Bedi wrote.

The actress, known for her 1992 hit “Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar”, said she is hopeful that she will recover soon.

“We’re focused on getting better, stronger now. Hopefully we’ll get over this in a few days. It’s a great way for me to relax, unwind. I’ve been on a long, hard schedule for months. was working and maybe this is God’s way tells me to slow down and take it easy,” she wrote.

In August, Bedi had criticized the vaccination campaign for all, including those with no concomitant disease, calling it “illogical and frightening”. “If 99 percent survive COVID with or without a vaccine, the government needs to focus on isolating, vaccinating and masking those who have comorbidities and those who are at risk. Worldwide And certainly don’t discriminate against the unaffiliated! This is illogical and appalling!” He tweeted.

The actor also faced backlash on social media after he posted a video of him enjoying a speedboat ride in Goa in April amid the deadly second wave of the pandemic in the country.

“The joys of living in a healthy, happy #Goa. Free your mind #NoFear. Life is meant to be lived… not spent locked and masked for a year/year in fear of a virus that clearly didn’t go away If you die tomorrow after years of masking/lockdown.. what would be your biggest regret? (sic)” she wrote in the caption.

India added 13,596 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases came down to 1,89,694, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Monday. lowest in.