Actress Popy tests positive for coronavirus

Popular actress Sadika Parvin Popy has tested positive for coronavirus.

She gave sample after she had been suffering from symptoms of the deadly virus. Three days ago, she was confirmed of being contracted with coronavirus.

Popy herself confirmed the matter to risingbd.

The actress is currently staying at her own house at Khalishpur in Khulna. She has been suffering from fever, sore throat, cough and a little bit of shortness of breath.

Popy left Dhaka for her birthplace Khulna before beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. She has been staying there for last five months.

Popy made her debut as a film actress in 1997 with Bangla film ‘Coolie’. Directed by Montazur Rahman Akbar, the film casts actor Omar Sunny as her opposite role. The film ‘Coolie’ was a major success. Her second movie Amar Ghor Amar Behesht, casting Shakil khan as her co-star, was also released in late 1997.

Popy performed in Ke Amar Baba with popular hero Manna as her co-artiste in the film, which was also commercially successful.She has also won four National Awards for Best Actress.

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