Anish Tejeshwar tests positive for COVID

As the third wave of Coronavirus rages in Bengaluru, actor

Anish Tejeshwar

has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently under home isolation.

Anish says, “I don’t know how I contracted the virus. Suddenly, I got fever on Saturday. My temperature was so high, touching 104 degrees, prompting me go for a test. Doctors advised me to get isolated at home and to be under medication for the next five days. What is worrying is even my father has got

COVID

. He too is isolated in a separated room. Considering his age, he is doing fine and doctors have said that hospitalization is not required. It’s been a tough period for our family, but we hope to overcome it.”

Meanwhile, post-production work of

Benki

, produced by Anish, has been postponed, “We were preparing to release the teaser of Benki. The re-recording work should have started this week, but because of health issues, the team has now decided to postpone it,” Anish says.