The opera star Plácido Domingo disclosed on Sunday that he analyzed beneficial for the coronavirus.
Mr. Domingo, 79, who was in Mexico, shared the information in a submit on Fb.
“I experience it is my ethical responsibility to announce to you that I have analyzed optimistic for Covid-19, the Coronavirus,” he wrote.
He reported that he and his household have been in self-isolation “for as long as it is deemed medically necessary.”
He wrote that he decided to get examined simply because he had been experiencing signs and symptoms of a fever and cough.
He also available information to the community as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies.
“I beg anyone to be really careful, comply with the primary suggestions by washing your arms regularly, preserving at least a 6 ft distance from other individuals, performing anything you can to cease the virus from spreading and make sure you over all remain home if you can!” he wrote.
“Together we can struggle this virus and cease the existing around the world disaster, so we can ideally return to our ordinary day-to-day life pretty shortly,” he wrote. “Please stick to your nearby government’s pointers and rules for staying protected and safeguarding not just yourselves but our whole community.”
This month, The Royal Opera Home in London announced that Mr. Domingo experienced withdrawn from his forthcoming performances there this summer time.
The announcement arrived right after Mr. Domingo apologized to females who experienced accused him of sexual harassment.
“I regard that these gals finally felt at ease more than enough to speak out, and I want them to know that I am genuinely sorry,” he mentioned.
“My apology was sincere and wholehearted,” he mentioned at the time. “But I know what I have not accomplished, and I will deny it yet again.”
Los Angeles Opera, a enterprise Mr. Domingo served found and afterwards led, this month introduced the findings of an investigation.
It reported that it experienced acquired 10 accusations that Mr. Domingo had engaged in “inappropriate conduct” with ladies involving 1986 and 2019, and that it “deemed the allegations to be credible.”
Zachary Woolfe contributed reporting.