Legendary Singer Tested Positive For Coronavirus

Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubramaniam on Wednesday said that he has tested positive for Covid – 19 and has been admitted to MGM hospital, Choolaimedu in Chennai. However, he has low symptoms and he can be cured within a few days. The singer himself updated his status in his Facebook account.

He said in a video statement as, "From last two to three days, I was feeling little uneasy like cold and fever. I went to the hospital and got checked and doctors confirmed it I have mild coronavirus. They asked me to self-quarantine, and take proper medication. But I got admitted to the hospital, no one needs to worry about me and please don’t bother me to call and find out how am I. Except for fever and cold, I am alright. Even fever has subsided and within two days I'll be discharged".

The great singer has a record of singing about 40,000 movie songs in many languages such as Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and other languages. Regarded as the all-time legends of Indian movie music, he lives with his family in Chennai. Another singer Smita has also tested positive for coronavirus. She entered the music industry with pop albums and later switched to playback singing.

Smitha tweeted on Tuesday as “Mad mad day yesterday. Had some body pains which I thought was due to heavy workout but got tested to be on safe side,Shashank (her husband) & I tested covid positive. Mostly asymptomatic and waiting to kick Covid out, donate plasma & chill. We Stayed Home Stayed Safe but Covid came home."