Tom Hanks is potentially the only man who can successfully joke about donating blood to make the coronavirus vaccine, after recovering from Covid-19 himself.
The actor and his wife Rita Wilson, both 63, were the first celebrities to publicly reveal they’d tested positive for the virus while working in Australia.
After some rather horrendous symptoms and side-effects of the illness that Tom has recalled, the pair thankfully recovered and are now bunkering down at home in Los Angeles. Read the latest updates: Coronavirus news live.
However, Tom’s work in teaching us about the respiratory illness is far from over, after the pair donated their plasma and blood in helping find a vaccine, after they were told that they have built up some immunity