Tom Hanks, Legendary Hollywood Actor, Tests Positive for Coronavirus

LA, March 12, 2020:

Renowned Hollywood actor and two time Oscar-winner Tom Hanks says he has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus that has killed 4,634 people worldwide and has infected over one lakh twenty thousand people.

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Hollywood Actor Tom Hanks, best known for films like 'Forrest Gump', 'Sully', 'Cast Away', has tested positive of Coronavirus (COVID-19) along with his wife Rita Wilson, and took to Instagram to inform the world about his tested positive status. Hanks, in a lengthy post, wrote, "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."

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"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?", the 63-year-old Hanks further informed, and said that he would keep the "world posted and updated."

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