Fans showed support after the pair revealed they tested positive.
Hanks revealed that he and his wife were diagnosed while down in Australia, but promised to keep fans updated.
"Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches," he wrote."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," he continued."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?"Hanks' publicist did not immediately respond toTom Hanks and Rita Wilson attend the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California.
In an Instagram video, Hanks and Wilson's son Chet Hanks confirmed his parents' diagnosis and said that fans should be reassured that the two will be okay."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," he said."I don't think it's anything to be too worried about.
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