Which celebrity got infected with the coronavirus: from musicians to monarchs

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

News from the fields of the fight against coronavirus is becoming more and more alarming. Perhaps our compatriots do not fully appreciate the seriousness of the situation, but too many people have already suffered from COVID-19. Politicians and actors, athletes and famous singers join the ranks of the sick and urge people around the world to take care of themselves and take all necessary precautions. In our today's roundup of celebrities who tested positive for coronavirus.

Prince Charles

The British media reported a positive coronavirus test for the son of the Queen of Great Britain on March 25, citing representatives of the palace. Despite his age (71), Prince Charles is doing well and is fighting infection in his Scottish home, limiting any contact with the outside world. The wife of Prince Charles Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was tested for COVID-19. She was completely healthy.

Lev Leshchenko

The well-known Soviet and Russian performer was hospitalized with bilateral pneumonia, but it turned out that Lev Leshchenko was infected with the coronavirus. His condition was assessed as serious, but the singer's attending physician, having previously asked permission from his patient, reported on the pages of one of the social networks about the positive dynamics of the course of the disease. Together with Lev Valerianovich, his wife Irina Pavlovna was hospitalized.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

The American actor, two-time Oscar winner, and his wife, an actress and singer, announced on March 12 that they were in a purely infected with coronavirus. Both of them felt a deterioration in their well-being while filming Elvis in Australia. They immediately sought medical help and did a test for COVID-19, which confirmed the presence of a dangerous virus. In both, the disease is fairly easy, although Tom Hanks himself has been suffering from diabetes since 2013. It is known that people with this disease are at risk, but recently the actor and his wife shared the good news with their fans: they are both on the mend.

Boris Akunin

One of the most popular writers spoke frankly about how he survived the coronavirus and urged his fellow citizens not to be afraid, but to seek medical help in a timely manner. Boris Akunin and his wife fell ill on March 13, they brought down their temperature, but their condition did not improve until the doctor prescribed an antibiotic. Now the writer is on the mend and advises his fans to take all precautions to protect themselves and their family.

Prince of Monaco Albert II

The reigning prince of Monaco has also been diagnosed with a coronavirus infection, but the disease is mild. Albert II is undergoing treatment in his own residence under the supervision of a doctor, but he is constantly in touch with the government of the country and notes that his illness began with a banal runny nose, while he did not lose his taste or smell. His state of health does not cause any fears among doctors.

Olga Kurilenko

The model and actress who played James Bond's girlfriend in 2008 reported that she tested positive for the coronavirus. She was denied hospitalization, since in the UK only those with a serious illness are sent to a hospital bed. Olga Kurylenko herself admitted that, apart from high fever and headache, at first she did not feel anything at all, her cough appeared later. A little over a week later, the 40-year-old actress was already on the mend, which she immediately informed her subscribers on the social network.

Placido Domingo

The Italian opera singer, who celebrated his 79th birthday two months ago, barely felt the first signs of malaise (fever and a cough), immediately went to the doctor and did all the necessary research. He took all precautions even before the test results became known. The legendary tenor isolated himself not only from the outside world, but also from his family. Placido Domingo urges everyone to be careful, observe quarantine and not neglect the elementary rules to protect themselves from a dangerous infection.

Christopher Heavey

The Norwegian actor, best known for his role as Tormund the Giant Death in Game of Thrones, also fell victim to the COVID-19 virus. Fortunately, he tolerates the disease easily, feels only a slight deterioration in well-being, as with the most common cold. At the same time, the actor, along with the whole family, is at home and avoids any contacts, which he calls on all his fans to do.

Lucia Bose

The famous Italian actress and Miss Italy title holder of 1947 passed away from severe pneumonia following a coronavirus infection on March 23, 2020. The actress turned 89 in January and her body could not cope with the disease.

Igor Nikolaev, Zhanna Bolotova and Nikolai Gubenko were hospitalized due to pneumonia, but are still waiting for their test results for COVID-19. The lead singer of the German group Rammstein Till Lindemann ended up in a hospital bed in Berlin due to severe pneumonia, and many media reported that he had contracted the coronavirus. But German publications have already reported negative test results for coronavirus.

However, the number of people infected with COVID-19 is on the rise. It is known that among the infected are actor Idris Elba, Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, former Italian footballer Paolo Maldini, head coach of Arsenal football club Mikel Arteta. American actor Mark Bloom passed away from coronavirus on March 26, 2020 at the age of 69.

At the end of 1959, the artist Kokorekin brought a long-forgotten medieval smallpox from abroad to Moscow. The unprecedented swift measures taken by the Moscow authorities and services made it possible to instantly stop the spread of one of the world's worst diseases.