Idris Elba got back his coronavirus test, and it ain’t good news.
The actor says he’s contracted COVID-19, and he’s placed himself in self-quarantine. Actually, Idris says he’s been on lockdown since Friday. What’s interesting about his case is he says he wasn’t experiencing ANY symptoms.
Idris says, “I got tested because I realized I was exposed to someone who had also tested positive.” He says he’s quarantining for now with his wife, Sabrina ... although she hasn’t been tested.
He added, “There are people out there who aren’t showing symptoms and that can easily spread it ... this is real.”
Eric Roberts likes being stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, but there’s one thing he’s struggling to replace ... his morning gym routine!!!
The veteran actor joined us Monday on “TMZ Live” from the comfort of his own home, where’s he’s holed up for the next several weeks. Professionally, this is horrible timing for Eric ... we asked him about movie theaters shuttering within days of his new flick coming out.
“Inside The Rain” opened in theaters last week, and Eric told us it ain’t great seeing empty theaters after pouring his blood, sweat and tears into a film.
A nightmare scenario would be for hundreds of thousands of Americans infected yet having no symptoms, then each of them passing the virus along to scores of others, and then those people transmitting it, etc.
That’s the strongest argument for extreme social distancing and lockdowns. The overwhelming of hospital facilities is another.
2-4 weeks of national lockdown and you can get this thing licked, or at least cut down by a whole lot. Then you do modified lockdown until cases are down to near zero and/or the summer’s hot weather rolls around and the virus peters out.