Actor Tom Hanks and his wife have been placed in solitary confinement in an Australian hospital after being tested positive for the new coronavirus while the American star was preparing to film in Australia, Queensland state authorities announced on Thursday .
The multi-Oscar winner had previously revealed on social media that he had the disease, as did his wife Rita Wilson, aged 63 like him. Tom Hanks is the first Hollywood star to announce that he has contracted the new coronavirus, which has infected more than 125,000 people worldwide and killed more than 4,600 people.
"We felt a little tired, as if we had a cold and aches (…) To be sure of it, as it is currently recommended, we tested for the coronavirus and it turned out to be positive", Tom Hanks wrote on Instagram.
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Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks' will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We'll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves! Hanx!
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"What to do now ? Medical authorities have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks will be tested, examined and isolated for as long as it is necessary for public health. ” "There's not much you can do other than see from day to day, right? ", He concludes in his message, accompanied by the photo of a hospital trash can with a disposable glove. The couple are in solitary confinement in the Gold Coast University Hospital, according to authorities in Queensland (northeast).
Reassuring news
One of the couple's two sons, Chet, also gave news of his parents in a video message. "I just hung up the phone. They are fine. They're not even that sick, ”he said. “They are not worried (…) they will of course take the necessary health precautions. "" I don't think there is much to worry about, but I appreciate everyone's sympathy and encouragement. I think everything will be fine. "
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Tom Hanks was with his wife in Australia for the preparations for the filming of a film by the Australian Baz Luhrmann devoted to Elvis Presley, and in which the actor with the two Oscar must play the impresario of "King", the famous "Colonel" Tom Parker. Production of the film has been put on hold.
"We have learned that a member participating in our film on Elvis, currently in pre-production on the Gold Coast, in Australia, has tested positive for Covid-19," said Warner Bros. studios in a press release sent to the 'AFP, without naming Tom Hanks. "We are working with the relevant Australian health agencies to identify and contact anyone who may have come into direct contact with this person," the statement said.
Quarantine for filming members
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the diagnosis fell on Thursday "early, very early." "The news was announced by Baz when everyone was there and everyone went home," he said.
"All the people who were on the set went back home to observe for themselves some forty," he continued, adding that his own daughter was among those concerned. "The policy is that people who test negative will go back to work."
It is unknown where Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson contracted the disease, which has infected more than 140 people in Australia, three of whom died. Rita Wilson, who is an actress and singer, had given a concert in a hotel in Brisbane on March 5, and at the Sydney Opera House on 7. During their stay in Sydney, the couple also went to the neighborhood of Bondi, famous for its beach which attracts tourists from all over the world.
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