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Hanks says the virus weakened him to the point where he couldn't even do basic exercises, recalling, \"I was wiped just 12 minutes into a 30-minute set.\"

Hanks and Wilson announced their diagnoses in early March, making them the first celebrities to come down with the virus.

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