Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus
Hanks, who has been filming the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic in Australia, posted about the diagnosis on in an Instagram caption that accompanied a photo of a rubber glove in a trash can.
"Hello, folks. 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."star explained that the couple are following every medical protocol they can.
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