Idris Elba Said He Went Public With His Coronavirus Diagnosis To Prevent Misinformation And Stigma

“I’m on location, about to start filming, so it was definitely something I had to do as I was about to start filming and I was around a lot of people,” he said. “It meant putting a lot of people at risk and if I had been exposed, then the people I had been working with would also be exposed.”

He went on: “We are supremely aware that not a lot of people can get tests, and we feel very fortunate and lucky, but it is down to being on the job, quite honestly.”