Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus

Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which has been spreading quickly during the world and which the World Health Organization has categorized as a pandemic.


Hanks, who has been filming the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic in Australia, posted about the diagnosis on in a Instagram caption that accompanied a photo of a rubber glove in a trash can.


"Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a little tired, like we had colds, and then some body aches," he wrote."Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers also. To play things right, as is needed in the world now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were noticed to be positive."


In his signature chipper manner, the A Pretty Day In The Neighborhood star explained that the couple are following every medical protocol they can. "We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires," he mentioned. "Not much more to it than an one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated."


The film also stars Austin Butler because the "Jailhouse Rock" crooner and is being directed by Baz Luhrmann. Warner Bros., The studio in back of the film, released the following statement to Deadline:

"We have been made aware that a corporation member from our Elvis feature film, which is now in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus). We are working closely with the suitable Australian health corporations to figure out and contact anyone who may have come in direct contact with the individual.  The health and safety of our organization members is usually our top priority, and we are taking precautions to protect each person who works on our productions around the world. The individual who tested positive for COVID-19 is now obtaining treatment."

Numbers for those affected by the novel coronavirus are consistently rising, and several countries still lack the infrastructure to keep up with the demand for testing. Older people and those whose immune systems are compromised are most at risk, nevertheless experts are also asking young and otherwise healthy people to protect themselves and those around them as best they can, to slow the spread of infection.