Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have become the first celebrity couple to go public with the positive diagnosis of COVID-19 or better known as coronavirus.
In a tweet posted by Tom Hanks, he and his wife came down with fever in Australia and at the moment, the couple is being isolated and monitored. He added that after having body ache, chills and slight fever, the couple was tested positive. Ending the statement, the actor added that he will keep the world posted and updated.
Have a look at Hanks’s tweet:
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 12, 2020
In other bad news, United Nations organ World Health Organisation (WHO) has characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
Started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the outbreak of Coronavirus has affected over a 100 countries. With people going under self-quarantine, more than a lakh cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed among all age groups, globally.
Seeing this alarming spread and numbers, WHO has said that affect is just going to get worse. Announcing this news on their official Instagram account, see the statement issued by the health organisation:
Let’s overcome Coronavirus together without any panic or fear!