Bryan Cranston donates plasma after suffering coronavirus

Bryan Cranston has revealed he has recovered from bout of coronavirus.

The actor, 64, reassured fans in an Instagram video that he only suffered mild symptoms of the potentially deadly virus.

However, the Breaking Bad star is looking to do some good after contracting Covid-19, and is now donating his plasma, which contains coronavirus antibodies, for research purposes.

“I was very lucky,” he said. “I had very mild symptoms.

“I thought maybe there was something I could do, so I started a programme at the UCLA so plasma donation can help some other people.

“Here, I’m about to give plasma. I have the antibodies, I’m going to see what it contributes to. Hopefully good.”

In an accompanying caption to the video, he encouraged those who also had the virus to donate their plasma, and to keep using precautions to stop the virus from spreading.

“I was one of the lucky ones… I count my blessings and urge you to keep wearing the damn mask, keep washing your hands, and stay socially distant. We can prevail - but ONLY if we follow the rules together," wrote Cranston.

Cranston is one of many celebrities who have spoken out about the effects coronavirus had on their bodies.

Early sufferers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson both spoke out about the fatigue and body aches they suffered when they came down with the disease in March this year.

“My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did,” Hanks told the Guardian. “I just had crippling body aches, I was very fatigued all the time and I couldn’t concentrate on anything for more than about 12 minutes.”

Elsewhere, British star Idris Elba was asymptomatic when himself and his wife Sabrina Dhowre tested positive, but felt the illness have a severe impact on his mental wellbeing.

“Mentally, it hit me very bad, because a lot was unknown about it. I felt very compelled to speak about it, just because it was such an unknown,” he told the Radio Times.

“So the mental impact of that on both myself and my wife was pretty traumatic.”

Over 150,000 people in the US have died of coronavirus.

The UK has currently suspended its unwinding of lockdown measures after a spike of cases occurred in the North of England.

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