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Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi shares the family's ordeal with Covid-19 urges to take the vaccine
India and Delhi Capitals cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi posted on social media to share how she and her relatives dealt with Covid-19 after a total of 10 people in her family tested positive for the virus. Ashwin had to leave his franchise team from the ongoing IPL to support his family in the fight against Covid-19 – a disease that has already claimed over 200,000 lives in India and more than three million globally. Prithi said six adults and four children had contracted the virus in her family and the children were ‘the vehicles of transmission’. Revealing that the family members were down with the virus in different cities and hospitals, Prithi urged her followers to get vaccinated and give themselves ‘the best chance to fight the virus.
“I guess physical health will recover faster than mental health. Days 5-8 were the absolute worst for me. Everybody was there, offering help yet there is no one with you. It is the most isolating disease. Please do reach out and seek help,” she said. Several cricketers at the IPL bubble and outside have tested positive over the past two months, including Ashwin’s Delhi Capitals teammate Axar Patel, RCB’s Devdutt Padikkal, and former India captain Sachin Tendulkar also.
Ashwin, who played five matches this season and picked up one wicket, married Prithi in 2011 and the couple has two daughters.
