Happu Ki Ultan Paltan Actress Himani Shivpuri Tests Positive For COVID-19, Urges People Not To Take The Virus Lightly
Actress Himani Shivpuri warns people not to take COVID-19 pandemic lightly, states despite precautionary measures, she was infected with with the fatal virus
With Unlock phase 1, we saw film and TV industry, resuming back in action, however followed it by came series of names of the stars who were tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus. One of the recent ones to be added to the list is senior actress Himani Shivpuri. Currently seen in TV show Happu Ki Ultan Paltan was tested positive for COVID-19. The actress in conversation with Hindustan Times shares despite following precautionary measures, she contracted this rapidly spreading virus.
The actress shares of this pandemic rising at a high rate with people being misled with the recovery rates being higher as compared to mortality, thus making them careless. She said, “People have been mislead by these things, that recovery rate is high, mortality rate is low, and beginning to get careless. This pandemic is there, and rising at an alarming rate. One gets surprised how the hell did they get it. I am very careful, masked, use sanitiser all the time, sanitise all surfaces, even my make up room, and despite that, I still caught it. This means it’s a strong strain of virus. We have to be careful and not become complacent.”
The actress who has been shooting for TV shows and ad commercials shared producers of the show extending a helping hand towards her. The actress was recommended a doctor by her producer followed by also asking her if she needs any financial help. “She recommended me the doctor, who helped me get a room. They went out of the way, and asked if I need money, I told them I am fine right now, but if there’s anything I would definitely tell them,” she added.
Speaking about the panic state she slipped into after being tested positive for the virus, followed by being hospitalized, the actress further shares she feels better now. “You feel you can’t be the person who has got it, I had been praying. But the way it’s spreading around… I was shooting, so one is bound to come in contact with a Covid 19 positive person. I got it, then I was admitted in the hospital. Before that temperature had been high, I was imagining all sorts of things, imagination is the worst. As soon as I entered the hospital, my oxygen saturation level came to normal,” she tells us. ALSO READ: Happu Ki Ultan Paltan Star Himani Shivpuri Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Requests All Who Got In Touch With Her To Get Tested
Currently her family is practicing self isolation, after the actress is tested positive, Himani who is undergoing treatment is upset with her pet dog also being locked inside the house, thus disrupting her daily routine.
“She (Pet dog) is just cooped inside the house because of me, as nothing from the house can go out or down. The poor dog has been trained to pee and poop outside, how can she suddenly do it inside the house? It’s torture for her. I want people to be aware, it’s been proved dogs are not Covid carriers. Other societies are allowing, ours has this weird rule, that nothing before 14 days of quarantine,” concludes the actress. ALSO READ: Yogesh Tripathi: The Team of Happu Ki Ultan Paltan Is Great, No Pressure On Me To Keep The Show Running
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