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Tom Hanks’ sons Chet, Colin share health updates after parents’ coronavirus diagnosis

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Mar 12, 2020 12:15 PM IST

Tom Hanks’ sons, Chet and Colin Hanks, have shared a video message after Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson announced they’d been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the new coronavirus while in Australia for a film project, the Oscar-winning US actor revealed Thursday. Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital after being confirmed with the disease, Queensland state health officials said.

Hanks is the first major Hollywood star to publicly state that he has the virus, which has sickened more than 125,000 people worldwide and killed more than 4,600. In a message to fans, Hanks said the couple had felt slightly ill and wanted to get tested to "play things right."

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"Hello folks, Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches," Hanks posted on Instagram. "To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus, and were found to be positive," he said.

 

In a video message the Hanks' son, Chet, said, "I just got off the phone with them, they both are fine, they're not even that sick. They're not worried about it, they're not tripping but they're going through the necessary health precautions obviously," he said. "I don't think it's anything to be too worried about but I appreciate everyone's concerns and well wishes, but I think it's going to be alright."

Hanks’ older son, Colin, took to Twitter to share an update. “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from everyone. My parents are receiving excellent care in Australia and are doing well (and in good spirits) given the circumstances. Despite the fact that I’m in LA and haven’t seen them in over three weeks, we have been in constant contact and am confident that they will make a full recovery,” he wrote.

 

Hanks was on the Gold Coast for pre-production of an Elvis Presley biopic by Australian director Baz Luhrmann in which the actor portrays the legendary singer's longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

It is believed the couple had been staying at a nearby luxury hotel. Work on the film has been halted following the diagnosis. "We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film... has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus)," Warner Bros said in a statement to AFP, which did not identify Hanks.

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