COVID-19: Egyptian actor Amr Waked recovers from coronavirus

Egyptian actor Amr Waked has announced that he contracted, and recovered from, the coronavirus along with his son.

The ‘Ramy’ actor, 47, announced to his 7 million Twitter followers the positive news, and said he would go on a livestream in the near future to tell his story.

“With thanks to God, my son has been cured of the coronavirus,” wrote Waked on Twitter in Arabic. “I will do a live soon talking about my own infection with the virus and how God blessed me and cured me, too. Oh God, praise and thanks to you, and I hope God will heal everyone.”

Waked is a star of Egyptian cinema who crossed over into Hollywood. He plays the father of Ramy Youssef’s lead character on the Hulu and OSN series ‘Ramy’.