AceShowbiz - An Australian TV presenter has tested positive for coronavirus after meeting Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson twice before she entered quarantine.

Hanks and Wilson have been placed in isolation in a hospital in Australia since they were diagnosed with the coronavirus, Covid-19, last Thursday (March 12).

Network Nine entertainment editor Richard Wilkins announced he had contracted the virus on Monday, having met the singer and actress at the Sydney Opera House, when she performed there on 7 March, and again when she appeared on the "Today Extra" TV show last week.

Interviewed on the network via the FaceTime video app, as he is in self-isolation at home, Wilkins explained that he had been diagnosed on Sunday.

"I'm surprisingly very well," the 65-year-old said. "You could've knocked me over with a feather last night when I got that call. It took me a couple of minutes to reel from the news that they gave me. But I feel fine. I feel 100 per cent."

Revealing he believed he had caught the disease from Wilson, he added, "We're assuming this is from Rita. It may not be. They've all said it could be anyone, anywhere, any time, such is the prevalence of this thing. I was having a chat to her and that's probably my best guess as to what happened."

Australian health officials believe Hanks and Wilson caught the virus in the U.S. or in transit before entering Australia, where the actor was due to shoot a new Elvis Presley biopic with Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann has placed himself and his family in quarantine and authorities have been tracing others who may have come in contact with the "Forrest Gump" star.

Wilkins' reality TV star son Christian Wilkins, who is currently competing in the Australian version of "Dancing with the Stars", took a test for the virus on Monday after staying with his father on 10 March.