Actor Erica Fernandes And Mother Test COVID-19 Positive

Erica Fernandes tests Positive for COVID-19. The Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi fame Erica Fernandes and her mother have tested positive for COVID-19. The actor shared the news on her social media feed and talked about using the Covid-19 self testing kit In her post, the actor has asked people to not rely on the result given by the kit.

Fernandes and her mother had first tested using a home testing kit after developing a cough and sore throat. Both the mother and daughter's results were shown to be negative. The actor reportedly tested negative three times. But when their symptoms did not improve they opted for a lab test and the result turned out to be positive.

While putting on a long post, the actor also asked people who have come in contact with her or her mother in the past week to get tested for COVID-19. As the third wave of COVID-19 caseloads increases in the country, many actors have tested positive in the past few weeks, including the Kapoor family - Arjun, Anshula and Rhea. While actors like Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Arora recently recovered. Recently, Sourav Ganguly's daughter Sana has also tested positive and is staying in isolation.

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Erica Fernandes shared on Instagram, "One note of advice DO NOT rely on the home test (CoviSelf kit) because they are not reliable at all." She developed a cough and sore throat on January 2 and was tested using the kit, which gave a negative result. She has a history of Laryngitis and thought the symptoms to be because of that.

"All 3 tests showed negative, along with me my mom test on coviself also showed negative but I didn't feel too good because this time the sore throat was so bad that I felt like I had sandpaper in my throat. As I started to develop symptoms I opted for the lab test which came out positive. Mom n I have been facing congestion, cough, cold, severe body and headaches and fluctuating fever with occasional shivers. We are isolated and under medical care," she wrote.