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<p>Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/coronavirus-can-be-characterised-as-a-pandemic-who-285696"><strong>Also read: Coronavirus can be characterised as a pandemic — WHO</strong></a><br />
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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.</p>

<p>"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.</p>

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<p>He said that he and Wilson would be "tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires."</p>


<p>Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/coronavirus-can-be-characterised-as-a-pandemic-who-285696"><strong>Also read: Coronavirus can be characterised as a pandemic — WHO</strong></a><br /><br />
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.</p>

<p>"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.</p>

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<p>He said that he and Wilson would be "tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires."</p>

<p>File photo: 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, US, January 19, 2020 – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.&nbsp;</p>


Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus

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