- Title: Tom Hanks says he, wife Rita Wilson have coronavirus in Australia
- Date: 12th March 2020
- Summary: BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 24, 2014) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS HANKS WITH WILSON AT MUSICARES EVENT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - DECEMBER 9, 2013) (REUTERS) HANKS AND WILSON BEING INTERVIEWED HANKS AND WILSON POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT 'SAVING MR. BANKS' PREMIERE
- Embargoed: 26th March 2020 01:43
- Keywords: Rita Wilson Tom Hanks coronavirus
- Location: LOS ANGELES AND BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES AND BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA002C4QXF0N
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- Story Text: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter on Wednesday (March 11).
The actor, 63, said that he and Wilson, also 63, were tested in Australia, where he is working on a film, after they felt tired with slight fevers.
"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 said in the tweet.
He said that he and Wilson would be "tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires." - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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