Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia

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Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia Mar 12, 2020 5:48:54 GMT

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Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has revealed that he and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Australia.

Hanks and Wilson, both 63, sought medical advice after experiencing symptoms of a cold in Queensland, the actor wrote on Instagram.

They will now spend time in isolation, he added.

The US couple had been on the Gold Coast, where Hanks was working on a film about the life of Elvis Presley.

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On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic.

Hanks wrote on Instagram: "We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that come 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".

Read the statement below:

“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!”

Hanks and Wilson were the only known individuals on the film to contract the disease, insiders said. The film is currently in pre-production stages, meaning cameras have yet to roll, and is still making preparations to shoot. Testing measures for filmmakers and crew are presently unknown.

Warner Bros., the distributor behind the film, issued a statement shortly after Hanks and Wilson went public.

“We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film, which is currently in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus),” the statement reads. “We are working closely with the appropriate Australian health agencies to identify and contact anyone who may have come in direct contact with the individual. The health and safety of our company members is always our top priority, and we are taking precautions to protect everyone who works on our productions around the world. The individual who tested positive for COVID-19 is currently receiving treatment.”

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Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia Mar 12, 2020 18:47:02 GMT

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om Hanks and Rita Wilson's sons have taken to social media to reassure fans that their parents are OK after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

Chet Hanks took to Instagram and posted a video telling fans that he had just gotten off the phone with his parents, who are currently in a hospital in Australia.

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"Wassup everyone. Yea, its true my parents got coronavirus. Crazy," he said. "They're both down in Australia right now 'cause my dad was shooting a movie down there. I just got off the phone with them. They both are fine. They're not even that sick. They're not worried about it. They're not trippin' but they're going through the necessary health precautions obviously.

"I don't think it's anything to be too worried about. I appreciate everyone's concern and the well wishes. I think it's all going to be alright. I appreciate it. Everybody stay safe out there. Much love."

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Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia Mar 14, 2020 21:23:51 GMT

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Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2020 21:23:51 GMT

An Australian official who met with Ivanka Trump last week confirmed on Friday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.

Australia’s home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, said in a statement that he had contracted COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus which first appeared in China in December and has since become a pandemic.

Dutton, 49, said he has been admitted to a hospital after the Queensland Department of Health informed him that the test results came back positive. “I feel fine and will provide an update in due course,” he said.

A White House spokesman said later Friday that Dutton “was asymptomatic” while interacting with Ivanka, who is a senior aide to her dad, President Donald Trump.

“Exposures from the case were assessed and the White House Medical Unit confirmed, in accordance with CDC guidance, that Ivanka is exhibiting no symptoms and does not need to self-quarantine,” the White House spokesman said. “She worked from home today [Friday] out of an abundance of caution until guidance was given.”

Dutton met with with Ivanka along with Attorney General Bill Barr, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Joe Grogan in the U.S. late last week.

Ivanka, 38, was with Dutton on March 5 and the two stood next to each other while posing for a group photo, posted by the Australian Embassy on social media the next day.

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Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia Mar 15, 2020 5:20:31 GMT

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Rita Wilson, who is self-quarantined with husband Tom Hanks after both tested positive for COVID-19, made an “isolation” music playlist with the help of fans.

“Hi guys! I want to make a @spotify playlist for people self quarantining,” Wilson, 63, tweeted Friday from Australia, where she and Tom, 63, have remained since their diagnoses. “Something that might relate to isolation, perhaps? Can you send some song ideas that I can add? Also, what should we call it? Quarantine Choruses? This is what one does in quarantine. U think of stuff like this.”

Fans wrote in with creative tips: “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen, “Dancing With Myself” by Billy Idol, “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor and “Isolation” by John Lennon. And Wilson shared the completed list on social media writing, “And the winner for the quarantine playlist naming is QUARANTUNES!”

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Tom Hanks Tests Positive for Coronavirus in Australia Mar 15, 2020 22:21:42 GMT

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Glad you seem to be doing OK, Tom, but apparently there’s a major problem with your latest update.

Last week, actor Tom Hanks put a famous face to the coronavirus pandemic when he announced both he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive while on a shoot in Australia for an upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. He followed with this update a day later.

In the days that followed, the internet, while pushing for more, hadn’t heard from him.

Until now:

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