Oscar award winner Tom Hanks and wife coronavirus positive
test-results have sparked debate globally, even as the World Health
Organization declared the disease a pandemic.
Search Engines have dominated Hanks name with google
recording more 10,000 searches.
But what could have posed their case to trend across the globe?
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Hanks and wife are among the world’s high-profile patients to
have contracted the virus and following doctor’s orders.
Following Hanks Wednesday announced that he and his wife,
actress Rita Wilson, have been diagnosed with the virus, many people have gone
online looking for information on how they goat infected and their wellbeing.
Coronavirus-hit areas
Hanks said he and his wife were in Australia when they began
feeling ill, therefore, many online users want to know the rate of the viral
flu in Australia, and what the country’s authority has done; the measures to
control it.
New movie/concerts
CNN writes that Hanks is in Australia working on an
as-yet-untitled Elvis Presley movie for Warner Bros. He is playing the singer’s
manager Colonel Tom Parker. Baz Luhrmann is directing.
The project was in pre-production at the time of Hanks and
his wife’s diagnosis. This has sparked controversy as to whether those who came
into contact with them have contracted the virus.
Wilson, on her part, had scheduled concert dates in Sydney,
Australia and South Brisbane, Australia. She has been touring in support of her
new album “Halfway to Home.”
This also worries the authority of Wilson’s audience during
her performance.
Virus effects
The couple are both 63 years old, which puts them in the
category of “older adults” who, according to experts, are the most
susceptible to becoming seriously ill from the virus.
People, are amazed by the fact that this virus majorly
affects people of certain age, a fact that has sparked online debate.
The Coronavirus impact continue to be felt worldwide, even
as the United States record almost 100 cases, banning all flights to and from
England.