Karan Johar Tests Negative for COVID, Says '8 People Gathering Not a Party'

Along with Kareena, Amrita Arora, Seema Khan & Maheep Kapoor have also tested COVID positive.

Karan Johar undergoes COVID test after Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora test positive..

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sealed Sanjay Kapoor's Juhu building after the actor's wife Maheep Kapoor tested COVID positive. As per reports, everyone who came in contact with Sanjay and Maheep are being traced and tested.

The BMC also sealed Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Arora's houses after they, too, tested positive. Their close friend Seema Khan has also contracted the virus. Reports state that all of them were attending a dinner at Karan Johar's residence to celebrate 20 years of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Karan Johar, his mother Hiroo Johar and 40 others in his building have been tested for the virus. 10 of Karan's staff members also underwent the test.

Karan Johar shared a statement on social media and wrote that he got tested twice and the results came back negative. Adding that his entire family has tested negative for COVID, Karan wrote, "I truly appreciate the grandest efforts of the BMC to ensure the safety of our city...Salute to them."

He added, "To some members of the media, I would like to clarify that a 8 people intimate gathering is not a "party"...And my home which we maintain strict protocols is certainly no "hotspot" of COVID. All of us are responsible and masked at all times and NO one would treat that pandemic lightly... My request to certain members of the media is to exercise some restraint in their extreme reportage without the assessment of facts. Lots of love and safety to all."

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Previously, Kareena's team quashed rumours that the actor had been violating COVID norms and attending parties. "Kareena has been extremely responsible throughout the lockdown period. She has been careful everytime she’s stepped out. Unfortunately, this time she and Amrita Arora contracted covid at an intimate dinner where a few friends had gathered to catchup", Kareena's spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added, "It wasn’t a big party as being reported. Among that group, there was one person who seemed unwell and was coughing, and who eventually passed it on. This person should have been responsible enough to not attend the dinner and put others at risk."