The American actor Tom Hanks has announced this March 11 from Australia that he is infected with Covid-19. His wife, Rita Wilson, was also diagnosed with the new coronavirus, Russia Today reports Wednesday.
The actor, a two-time Oscar winner, confirmed the information in a statement he posted on his Twitter account.
“We felt tired, as if we had a cold, [we had] body aches. Rita had chills coming and going. Light fever too ». To get things right, as needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus and found to be positive, ”he wrote.
In this context, the award-winning actor and producer noted that they will be “observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.”
Hanks, 63, is the star of films like “Forrest Gump,” “Castaway,” and “Philadelphia,” added that, along with his partner, they will have to remain in solitary confinement. Wilson, also 63, appeared in series like The Good Wife and in films like Love Tuning.
In Australia there are, at the moment, 128 infected and three deaths from coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that the coronavirus causing COVID-19 can already be defined as a “pandemic”, after the number of affected cases outside of China has multiplied by 13 in two weeks and in in that period the affected countries have tripled.
