Hugh Sheridan, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reveal COVID-19 diagnoses
Australian actor Hugh Sheridan and US actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson are the latest celebrities to test positive to COVID-19, both sharing the news on their social media accounts in recent days.
Sheridan, 35, had recently returned to Australia from Los Angeles and was reaching the end of his mandatory hotel quarantine in Sydney when he received the positive diagnosis.
Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan has shared news of his COVID-19 diagnosis via Instagram.Credit:Getty
Sheridan described the experience as "scary, frustrating and lonely" and said he didn't know how he had contracted the virus.
"I had a negative result when I arrived, I now know all my friends including who took me to LAX airport are all negative so it's been confusing for me," he said in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "This virus is seriously clever ... I got it in a very short space of time (in transit or a surface) while I had minimal human contact."
The news comes as Hollywood actor Johnson, 48, revealed he and his family had all tested positive to the virus in recent weeks, but have since recovered. Johnson shared his experience in a nearly 12-minute video on Instagram on Thursday.
Dwayne Johnson has also revealed he and his family caught coronavirus.Credit:Getty
"This has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family, and for me personally as well," he said. "And I've gone through some doozies in the past."
After contracting the virus from close family friends who weren't aware they were ill, the Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw star said his daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, had suffered mildly while he and his wife Lauren experienced more severe symptoms. All four are now through the worst of the illness and no longer contagious.
Johnson is due to arrive in Australia later this year to commence filming on his biographical comedy series called Young Rock. The 11-episode series will follow Johnson's transformation from WWE wrestler to Hollywood movie star. It will be shot in Queensland, with the search for a cast already underway.
Sheridan shot to fame on the Seven series Packed to the Rafters andhad returned to Australia to resume production on reboot Back to the Rafters, an Original series from Amazon. Victorian cast members Georgina Haig and Libby Tanner, along with Rebecca Gibney who flew in from New Zealand, were also required to quarantine for two weeks in Sydney before production was able to recommence.
In March, Tom Hanks became the first major star to reveal a COVID-19 diagnosis. He and his wife Rita Wilson both tested positive while they were in Queensland to shoot Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. Entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins was similarly diagnosed in March, as was singer Thelma Plum. Sprinter Usain Bolt and actors Alyssa Milano and Antonio Banderas also revealed positive tests in recent weeks.