Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have been discharged from the hospital in Australia, where they spent the last few days due to the contamination with the COVID-19 virus. Report that American media.
Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were in Australia for the actor’s work when they became infected with the corona virus. The two were placed in isolation.
The two have left the hospital in Queensland and are now allowed to recover in their own homes five days after they tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to authorities in Australia, the two contracted the virus either in their home country of the United States or while traveling from the US to Australia.
Hanks and Wilson (both 63) were in Australia because the actor filmed there for a film about Elvis Presley, in which he plays his iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker.
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The coronavirus in short
- The coronavirus mainly spreads through sneezes and cough drops. The virus can be transmitted directly from person to person or (for a limited time) through surfaces such as door handles.
- An infected person infects two to three others on average. Precautions are necessary to contain this.
- The vast majority of patients have mild (flu-like) complaints.
- Nearly all deaths involve the elderly or other frail, such as heart, lung or diabetes patients. If everyone complies with the measures, this reduces their risks.
- Read here what precautions you should take.
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