Coronavirus: Tom Hanks tests positive
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Actor Tom Hanks has announced he has coronavirus.
The Oscar-winning Hollywood star, who voices Woody in the Toy Story movies, announced the news with a post on his Instagram account.
He told his followers that both he and his wife Rita tested positive for the virus in Australia. He's in the country ahead of filming a new movie.
In his post, he said he would follow the protocols set out by medical officials and have a "one-day-at-a-time approach."
Tom Hanks tells his followers about his symptoms.
The actor and his wife, who are both 63, got medical advice after they had cold-like symptoms.
They had both been on the Gold Coast, where Tom was working on a film about singer Elvis Presley.
It's understood they will both now spend time in isolation, which means they won't be allowed out in public.
On 10 March. the World Health Organization officially declared the outbreak a pandemic.
This is when a disease is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.
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