Amitabh Bachchan on Friday took to his official blog to inform that he has been administered the Covid-19 vaccine. "All family done except Abhishek", he wrote, hinting that the family, except his son Abhishek Bachchan, has taken the shot for protection against coronavirus.
"DONE .. vaccination done .. all well .. did Covid test for family and staff yesterday .. results came today .. all good , all negative .. so done the vaccine .. all family done except Abhishek .. he be on location and shall do it on return soon in a few days," Big B wrote in his blog post.
Calling the vaccination procedure "historic", he added: "oh .. the entire procedure of taking the vaccination needs a rather detailed exclusive Blog .. shall do so .. later .. it was historic !!"
With this Amitabh Bachchan also joins the list of film celebrities who got vaccinated in recent times including Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sharmila Tagore, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Mohanlal, Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Rohit Shetty, Neena Gupta, Rakesh Roshan and Johnny Lever.
The 78-year-old actor had also tweeted about being vaccinated on Thursday night, a couple of minutes before midnight.
"Got it done ! My CoviD vaccination this afternoon ..All well," Big B tweeted.
On a related note, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and his granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan had tested positive for coronavirus last year and were admitted to Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital.
On professional front, Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in Gulabo Sitabo, he is currently awaiting the release of mystery thriller movie Chehre.
With inputs from IANS