Mel Gibson was hospitalized for a week after testing positive to COVID-19, the infection caused by the novel coronavirus.
The 64-year-old fell ill with the deadly virus back in April and has since made a full recovery, according to PEOPLE.
Gibson’s rep told PEOPLE, “He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital. He was treated with the drug Remdesivir, while in the hospital, and has tested negative numerous times since then as well as positive for the antibodies.”
Remdesivir is an antiviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences, which has shown promising results in treating COVID-19.
He underwent treatment at a Los Angeles, California hospital.
The Daily Telegraph, an Australian news outlet, was the first to report news of Gibson’s coronavirus scare.
The Braveheart star was seen at a grocery store in California with girlfriend Rosalind Ross in March shortly before getting hospitalized. Gibson and Ross began dating in 2014 and welcomed their first child, Lars Gerard, in 2017.
Gibson was tested positive to the virus a few weeks after Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson contracted the virus. Hanks and Wilson revealed their COVID-19 diagnosis on March 11.
At the time, Hanks wrote, “Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”
“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires,” Hanks added. “Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?” So far, the virus has affected more than 4 million Americans and killed over 147,000. Globally, COVID-19 infection has sickened more than 16 million people and killed over 636,000.
