Oscar winner Tom Hanks and his wife, producer and actress Rita Wilson, are infected with the corona virus. The star announced from films like “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump” on Wednesday on Instagram and Twitter. His spokeswoman confirmed the diagnosis to the dpa news agency on request.
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You are in Australia and would have felt tired and feverish, like a cold, Hanks posted. He also put a photo of a rubber glove in a trash can. They were tested and the result was positive. The couple will now remain in quarantine.
Hanks had apparently been in Australia in connection with a film project by director Baz Luhrmann. This reports the portal “Deadline Hollywood”who was the first to report the US actor’s illness.
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The corona virus is spreading increasingly in the United States. More than a thousand infections with the novel corona virus have now been confirmed in the country. Around 30 people died. There are just over a hundred confirmed cases in Australia, three people have died of the disease.
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The USA no longer allows travelers from Europe to enter the country – with exceptions
Due to the rapid spread of the virus, the United States has also imposed an entry ban on Europe. President Donald Trump said this in the evening. Americans who undergo appropriate tests are exempt. The measure also does not apply to travelers from Great Britain. The entry ban should come into effect on Friday at midnight (local time).
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The US president said on the grounds that the EU had not taken the same protective measures as the US and had not stopped traveling from China to Europe early enough.
Trump had already blocked entry for foreign travelers who had been to China the previous 14 days in late January. The Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 had spread from China. At the end of February, the US president then issued a corresponding regulation for foreigners who had been in Iran in the two weeks before.
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