The American actor Zac Efron has confirmed he recently fell ill while filming a survival reality TV show in Papua New Guinea.
Australian media had reported that Efron, 32, was flown by helicopter for treatment in Australia after contracting a bacterial infection, possibly typhoid, while shooting the Killing Zac Efron series.
Killing Zac Efron is billed as an adventure series in which the star ventures “deep into the jungles of a remote, dangerous island to carve his own name in expedition history”.
The newspaper reported that doctors allowed Efron to fly home to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve.