Bouncing back! Tom Hanks looks fit as he shows off his slimmer figure during a power walk in Queensland… eight months after getting coronavirus
He was diagnosed with COVID-19 back in March along with his wife, Rita Wilson.
But Tom Hanks appeared to be in much better health on Sunday when he stepped out for a power walk in Broadbeach, on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
The 64-year-old actor looked fit in a pair of sporty black shorts, a loose-fitting grey T-shirt and sneakers.
Feeling good: Tom Hanks appeared to be in much better health on Sunday when he stepped out for a power walk in Queensland’s Broadbeach
To maintain some anonymity, the Hollywood icon wore a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses, and accessorised with a bandanna around his neck.
Tom returned to Australia in early September to resume filming Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic.
He arrived in the Sunshine State on September 8 by private jet.
The Cast Away star is starring as the rock legend’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Casual: To maintain some anonymity, the Hollywood star wore a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses, and accessorised with a bandanna around his neck
The star and his wife Rita tested positive for COVID-19 during another visit to Australia in March.
Talking to The Guardian in July, the actor described his symptoms before slamming those who don’t take precautions against the virus.
Both Tom and Rita were hospitalised for several days in Australia and then continued their recovery in quarantine, before flying home to Los Angeles where they continued to self-isolate.
Speaking about his stay in hospital, Tom explained he was initially worried about his prognosis due to underlying health conditions: ‘When we were in the hospital, I said: “I’m 63, I have type 2 diabetes, I had a stent in my heart – am I a red flag case?”‘
Fit: The 64-year-old looked fit in a pair of sporty black shorts, a loose-fitting grey T-shirt and sneakers
‘But as long as our temperatures did not spike, and our lungs did not fill up with something that looked like pneumonia, they were not worried.’
‘I’m not one who wakes up in the morning wondering if I’m going to see the end of the day or not. I’m pretty calm about that.’
Tom insisted that both and he and his wife have not suffered any lasting effects from COVID-19, revealing: ‘Our discomfort because of the virus was pretty much done in two weeks and we had very different reactions, and that was odd.’
‘My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did. I just had crippling body aches, I was very fatigued all the time and I couldn’t concentrate on anything for more than about 12 minutes. That last bit is kinda like my natural state anyway.’
Positive: The star and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 during another visit to Australia in March