Antonio Banderas is recovering after testing positive for coronavirus. Several celebrities have revealed that they have contracted coronavirus since the outbreak, including Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Tveit, Andy Cohen, and Alyssa Milano. Now Banderas is taking to social media to announce the same personal news.

In a tweet Monday, Banderas shared that he has tested positive for coronavirus and is spending his 60th birthday in quarantine. The caption was written in Spanish and translated to English by Variety. "I want to make it public that today, August 10, I am forced to celebrate my 60th birthday in quarantine, having tested positive for the COVID-19 disease," wrote Banderas. "I would like to add that I feel relatively well, just a little more tired than usual and confident that I will recover as soon as possible following the medical indications that I hope will allow me to overcome the infectious process that I suffer and that is affecting so many people around the planet."

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The actor also included a photo of himself as a young child. Banderas went on to say, "I will take advantage of this isolation to read, write, rest and continue making plans to begin to give meaning to my 60 years, to which I arrive full of enthusiasm. A big hug to everyone." Banderas received many well wishes from fans and friends, including Spanish actor and comedian Santi Rodriguez, who tweeted, "Dear Antonio, good cheer, good luck and, in any case, even if the circumstances are not the best to celebrate anything, I hope you have the best possible birthday. A big hug as big as you." 

Banderas is best known for playing Zorro, the masked vigilante in the Zorro film series, as well as his roles in Philadelphia, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and for lending his voice to Puss in Boots in the popular Shrek sequel and the character's spin-off film.  In his most recent film with frequent collaborator Pedro Almodovar, Pain and Glory, he plays an aging film director suffering from a chronic illness and lacking artistic fulfillment.

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