British actor Idris Elba has tested positive for coronavirus. The actor revealed via his Twitter account that he had contracted COVID-19. Elba said he got tested this morning after someone he had been in contact with tested positive.
In a video he released with his wife, he talked about having the virus, urging people to self-quarantine and be pragmatic. He told fans that he and his wife were both doing okay with minimal symptoms.
Elba encouraged social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus; because, like him, many people have the virus but are not showing symptoms.
This announcement also debunks the harmful myth that the coronavirus does not affect black people.
Check out the tweet below:
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe, it has affected hundreds of thousands of people. Most have recovered, but the virus is still spreading.
Idris Elba is one of the celebrities to have the coronavirus. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Olga Kurylenko have all tested positive; they and are now in self-isolation.