MUMBAI MIRROR (April 8, 2020)

On Tuesday, Purab Kohli logged into his Instagram account to inform his followers that he, along with wife Lucia and kids Inaya and Osian, was recently diagnosed with Coronavirus. “Inaya got it first and very mild. A cough and a cold for two days. Then Lucy got it more in the chest, quite similar to the cough symptom everyone has been talking about. Then me, I got a solid cold for one day which was horrid, then it vanished and this irritating cough set in for three days. Three of us had only mild 100-101 temperatures and fatigue. Osian got it last with a 104 fever for 3 nights. Also a runny nose and a slight cough. His fever disappeared only on his fifth day,” the actor said in the post.

“On Wednesday last week we were out of self-imposed quarantine and are not contagious any longer,” he further informed, adding that he wanted to “share it with you if it helps reduce the panic a little, to know someone who has had it and is fine (now)”.

Among the things that helped the Kohlis fight the virus were salt-water gargles, ginger-haldi-honey mixtures for the throat, warm water bottles on the chest and hot baths.