Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter were hospitalised for coronavirus treatment, the Times of India reported on Saturday (July 18), days after her husband and father-in-law were admitted.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Ms Rai's father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and husband Abhishek Bachchan, also major Bollywood celebrities, were admitted to Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital early this week, becoming the highest-profile patients of the pandemic sweeping India.

At the same time, Ms Rai, a former Miss World who regularly appears on "most beautiful" lists, and her eight-year-old daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, tested positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, but they have since been in-home quarantine.