Kanika Kapoor

Kanika Kapoor (born 21 August 1978) is an Indian singer.

Coronavirus infection

Kapoor tested positive for COVID-19 during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on 20 March 2020. She returned to India from London on 9 March, whereupon she later threw a party for her family and friends in Lucknow. Her father, Rajiv Kapoor, stated she attended three parties, which Kanika Kapoor denied. Upon Kapoor testing positive for COVID-19, and updating about it on Twitter; former chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje stated in a tweet that herself, and her son had met Kapoor at a party, and later went in a self imposed quarantine till their reports came back as negative.

The party in question was attended by several prominent personalities, and bureaucrats including former chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, her son – incumbent MP Dushyant Singh, and Uttar Pradesh's state minister of medical, and health Jai Pratap Singh.

Dushyant Singh later attended Parliament of India. As the party was attended by a few politicians, a domino effect lead to the quarantine of six members of parliament, the health minister of Uttar Pradesh Jai Pratap Singh, former chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, two top bureaucrats in the central government, three members of the legislative assembly of UP, and other bureaucratic elites went into self-quarantine on the same day when Kapoor made her test result public.

Dushyant Singh later also met the President of India, as a result, Rashtrapati Bhawan cancelled all plans, and engagements of President of India indefinitely.

Chief medical officer lodged complaint against Kapoor. The FIR says:

[...]when the singer was screened at the Lucknow airport on March 14, "high viral load was detected". She was advised home quarantine, but the advice was disregarded.

The complaint was filed under Sections 188, 269, and 270 of the Indian Penal Code.

While Kapoor was denying attending any social gathering, except one small family gathering, video of her playing holi with many people, and photos from the party including political elites went viral. After returning from the UK, Kapoor has attended three parties in Lucknow, one in Kanpur and has been part of at least two other public gatherings. Kapoor has been facing severe criticism for her negligence, and contradictary statements on Twitter and other internet platforms.

She complained about the hospital facilities and later the hospital authorities stated that she didn't co-operate with the staff. The director of the hospital stated: "Kapoor has been provided with the best that is possible in a hospital. She must co-operate as a patient and not throw tantrums of a star [...] Utmost care is being taken but she must first start behaving as a patient and not a star." She received further massive criticism on internet for not co-operating with hospital staff, and for throwing tantrums. The test reports of 63 people out of around 300 that she interacted with, came out to be negative. On 24th March, 2020, the second COVID-2019 test which was conducted due to the doubt created in the mind of her family members, came out to be positive. She tested positive for third time on 27 March. She was previously tested on 20, and 23 March.

On 30 MArch, 2020 Kanika Kapoor tested positive for the novel coronavirus for the fourth time. She

pens emotional post after testing positive for Covid-19, says ‘I hope my next test is negative’

Kanika Kapoor has shared a post on Instagram, about how much she is missing her family. She recently