Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus

The couple came down with a fever while in Australia, where Hanks reportedly filming a new movie about the life of Elvis Presley

In this January 19, 2020 file photo, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.

Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for COVID-19 , the U.S. actor said Wednesday.

Hanks (63), said he and Ms. Wilson came down with a fever while in Australia, where he is reportedly filming a new movie about the life of Elvis Presley.

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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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The pair will now be isolated and monitored, wrote Hanks.

 

"We'll keep the world posted and updated," he wrote on his Instagram page, along with a photo of a surgical glove placed inside a biohazard trash bag.

Hanks is the first major Hollywood star to publicly state that he has the virus that is sweeping around the world.