Hollywood’s Biggest Star Tom Hanks And Wife Tests COVID-19 Positive

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, on Wednesday, announced that they have been tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them the first celebrities to go public with a diagnosis.

The actor is currently staying in Australia for the pre-production of Elvis Presley biopic. In a statement shared on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday he wrote that he and his wife started to feel tired, accompanied with body aches.

” Hello, folks,” he wrote. “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?” Hanks wrote. “The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed … Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”

The number of coronavirus cases reported in Australia on March 11 was over 100 including 3 confirmed deaths in the country as well, according to the Australian government’s Department of Health.

Hanks was recently lauded with the Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes and earned his sixth Oscar nomination for playing Mister Rogers in Sony/TriStar’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood in the supporting actor category.