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Rita Wilson says she suffered ‘extreme side effects’ from coronavirus med chloroquine including ‘nausea’ and ‘vertigo’
TOM Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, revealed she suffered "extreme side effects" from medicine chloroquine while suffering from coronavirus.
The 63-year-old talked to CBS anchor Gayle King on Tuesday morning, and discussed her horrific experience battling the .
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Fortunately, weeks after her diagnosis, Rita told Gayle over a video call she's now "feeling great."
But before her full recovery, she suffered painful : "I was very tired, I felt extremely achy, uncomfortable. I didn't want to be touched.
"And then the fever started, with chills like I've never had before.
"Looking back, I also realized I was losing my sense of taste and smell and I didn't realize it at the time."
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Rita looked great and completely recovered as she wore a light blue top.
Her wavy hair was immaculately styled in a face-framing center part.
The singer and actress showed no signs of fatigue, after catching and recovering from
Her famous husband also caught the virus while the couple was in Australia last month.
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Thnough Rita had a 102-degree fever, Tom had and didn't lose his sense of smell or taste.
The actress said doctors gave her chloroquine to treat her fever, and it gave her "extreme side effects."
She explained: "I was completely nauseous, I had vertigo, I could not walk and my muscles felt very weak."
The actress also insisted they didn't pass the virus to each other other, but rather they were both exposed by a third person.
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Rita explained that she is trying to turn the experience into something positive for others.
She told Gayle in the clip: "[I'm] trying to raise some money for relief through my remix of Hip Hop Hooray with Naughty by Nature."
"Rita has moves and attitude," responded the CBS host.
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Tom is also back in action, as he on Saturday from the couple's Los Angeles' mansion.
The A-list actor first revealed the couple's on March 11 via Instagram.
He wrote: "We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too."
They stayed in isolation Down Under when they were given the all-clear by doctors.
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