Tom Hanks Announces He Has Coronavirus

Actor Tom Hanks announced on Wednesday that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus.

“Rita and I…felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too,” Hanks wrote in an Instagram post. “To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”

Hanks and Wilson are currently in Australia, where Hanks was to begin production on a movie about the life of Elvis Presley.

“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,” Hanks wrote. “Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”

Hanks’s announcement came amid a flurry of news Wednesday evening regarding the spread of COVID-19. The National Basketball Association announced around the same time that it would cancel the 2020 basketball season.
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