Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson Donate Blood For COVID-19 Vaccine Research

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (Instagram @tomhanks)

JAKARTA - After recovering from COVID-19, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson began to take action to fight this disease. They donated their blood to be used as a research for the corona virus vaccine.

He shared this news through the NPR podcast titled Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! where at that time he was asked if his body became immune to the virus that he had previously felt.

Tom Hanks replied, "We just found out that we do carry antibodies."

After recovering from the virus, the Forrest Gump actor was offered to donate blood and plasma samples to help with the research. And he agreed that it was part of an effort they could do to find a cure quickly.

Early March became a nightmare for Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson when their names became the first public figures to be hit by the corona virus. At that time, they were in Australia shooting the biopic Elvis Presley. Hanks plays Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

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- Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 13, 2020

Both of them immediately received treatment on the Gold Coast and automatically stopped the shooting process. Hanks said that compared to himself, his wife felt more sick because Wilson had a high fever and lost her sense of smell and taste. The couple of entertainment figures made a two-week recovery assisted by Gold Coast University Hospital.

After recovering, they returned to the United States and went into self-quarantine. They are also active in voicing the dangers of COVID-19 through their social media. Tom Hanks even jokingly named the drug with the word Hank-ccine using his last name.