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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson catch private jet home after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on the Gold Coast

Hollywood star Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have emerged from isolation after being diagnosed with coronavirus on the Gold Coast.

Tom Hanks discharged from hospital after testing negative for coronavirus

HOLLYWOOD star Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have left the Gold Coast by private jet after their coronavirus ordeal.

Hanks and Wilson were admitted to Gold Coast University Hospital on March 12 after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

They were on the Gold Coast filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, in which Hanks will star as Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker.

The couple spent several days in hospital before going into isolation, believed to be at former motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan’s secluded waterfront mansion at Coomera.

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks posted a photo on Instragram of themselves in hospital with coronvirus.
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks posted a photo on Instragram of themselves in hospital with coronvirus.

Hanks and Wilson finished their isolation on Thursday and flew home to the US in one of Doohan’s private jets late Friday afternoon.

Hanks shared his coronavirus isolation experiences with his 16.5 million Twitter followed, including a pic of thickly-smeared Vegemite on toast next to a toy kangaroo draped in an Aussie flag.

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