Lara Dutta breaks down as she loses a close friend to Covid-19; says, “He had absolutely no health issues”

The outbreak of Coronavirus has brought the entire world to a standstill. Former beauty queen and actress Lara Dutta recently revealed that she lost a close family friend to Covid-19, and that he was neither old nor he had any health-related issues.

Lara lost her US-based family friend in mid-March. Speaking about her friend’s death, the actress told Hindustan Times, “We lost a friend of ours in mid-March to Covid-19. He was somebody who had absolutely no health issues, so it wasn’t one of those stories where you think that coronavirus only attacks old people or anything like that.”

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Post her friend’s death, the actress pondered over the uncertainties of life. “From the time that we last saw our friend, he was literally gone in 17 days; and if nothing else, it made me realise that I’m refusing to put my life on hold, waiting for this to pass and then deciding to pick it up and live it. You have no guarantees in life! We are all healthy today, praise God. However, you don’t know what tomorrow holds. I don’t know what the situation will be three or five weeks or a month from now when this lockdown is lifted. So, life really is ‘right now’ and you must make the best of it, which means laughing, loving and having a great time,” the actress added.

Instead of worrying about what’s in store in the future, the actress is now busy counting her blessings. She is currently practising self-isolation with her husband and daughter.

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