Coronavirus: Game of Thrones star tests positive

The star announced he had come down with coronavirus on Monday. Photo / Supplied

One of the stars of HBO's Game of Thrones has revealed that he has tested positive for Covid-19, according to Fox News.

Kristofer Hivju, who starred as Tormund Giantsbane on the show, shared the news in an Instagram post yesterday.

"Greetings from Norway! Sorry to say that I, today, have tested positive for COVID19, Corona virus," the 41-year-old actor captioned a selfie of him and his wife Gry Molvær Hivju.

"My family and I are self-isolating at home for as long as it takes. We are in good health – I only have mild symptoms of a cold.

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Greetings from Norway! Sorry to say that I, today, have tested positive for COVID19, Corona virus. My familiy and I are self-isolating at home for as long as it takes. We are in good health - I only have mild symptoms of a cold. There are people at higher risk for who this virus might be a devastating diagnosis, so I urge all of you to be extremely careful; wash your hands, keep 1,5 meters distance from others, go in quarantine; just do everything you can to stop the virus from spreading. Together we can fight this virus and avert a crisis at our hospitals. Please take care of each other, keep your distance, and stay healthy! Please visit your country's Center for Disease Control's website, and follow the regulations for staying safe and protecting not just yourselves, but our entire community, and especially those at risk like the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions. @grymolvaerhivju #fightcorona #solidarity #takecare #folkehelseinstituttet Thanks to @panoramaagency

A post shared by Kristofer Hivju (@khivju) on Mar 16, 2020 at 1:48pm PDT

"There are people at higher risk for who this virus might be a devastating diagnosis, so I urge all of you to be extremely careful; wash your hands, keep 1.5 meters [1.6 yards] distance from others, go in quarantine; just do everything you can to stop the virus from spreading."

The actor wrote that "together we can fight this virus and avert a crisis at our hospitals".

"Please take care of each other, keep your distance, and stay healthy! Please visit your country's Center for Disease Control's website, and follow the regulations for staying safe and protecting not just yourselves, but our entire community, and especially those at risk like the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions."

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He isn't the first Hollywood name to test positive for the virus.

Idris Elba also announced on Monday that he has tested positive. Ukrainian-born Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, who starred with Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace, announced on instagram that she also had the virus.

Last week, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced that they had come down with the virus and were in quarantine. They've now been released from Gold Coast Hospital.