Zac Efron flown to Aust hospital: reports

Hollywood movie star Zac Efron was reportedly flown to an Australian hospital after becoming ill with an infection while filming a TV show in Papua New Guinea.

The 32-year-old US actor was flown to a Brisbane hospital where he was treated for several days last week, The Sunday Telegraph reports.

Efron reportedly flew to the US from Australia on Christmas Eve.

Efron has been linked to a new series Killing Zac Efron, set to debut in April next year, in which he and his brother will be sent to remote parts of the world.

The series is being made for a short-form mobile video platform called Quibi