Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, US media has reported.
Weinstein, 68, is in prison in northern New York state after being sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault.
The fallen film producer's diagnosis was first reported yesterday evening by local paper the Niagara Gazette.
Weinstein's spokespeople have declined to comment to US media on the subject.
The New York state Department of Corrections did not respond when contacted for confirmation of the reports.
Weinstein was transferred on Wednesday to a prison near Buffalo, 560km northwest of New York City.
Prior to his transfer, he stayed at Rikers Island prison and a Manhattan hospital, where he was treated for chest pains.
Crowded US prisons have the potential to become hotbeds for coronavirus infections. Last week, guards at Rikers and New York's Sing Sing prison tested positive for the virus, local media reported.
As of yesterday, the virus has killed 417 people in the US out of more than 33,000 cases, according to a tracker managed by Johns Hopkins University.
Weinstein was convicted in February of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, while being cleared of predatory sexual assault charges.
Nearly 90 women, including Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek, have leveled sexual misconduct allegations against Weinstein, the Oscar-winning producer of "Shakespeare in Love" and numerous other critical and box office hits.
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Elsewhere Hollywood actor Tom Hanks said he and his wife Rita Wilson were on the mend, after two weeks in hospital and self-isolation with the coronavirus.
"Hey folks, two weeks after our first symptoms and we feel better," he posted in a social media message to fans, urging them to respect lockdown advice.
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 23, 2020
The multiple Oscar-winning actor was on Australia's Gold Coast to film an Elvis Presley biopic when he and his wife, both 63, came down with the virus.
The pair were admitted to hospital, where they were treated before being released into self-isolation last week.
The movie has since been put on ice.
As both the United States and Australia struggled to curb infections and keep people from social gathering places, Hanks yesterday urged supporters to listen to advice about containing the pandemic.
"Sheltering in place works like this: You don't give it to anyone - you don't get it from anyone. Common sense, no?"
"Going to take a while but if we take care of each other, help where we can, and give up some comforts... this too shall pass. We can figure this out."
