‘It’s not very pleasant!’ Fiona Phillips confirms she has coronavirus after suffering a ‘sore throat, dry cough and headache’ as she urges fans not to panic
Fiona Phillips is the latest famous face to be diagnosed with coronavirus amid the pandemic sweeping the world.
The former GMTV host, 59, confirmed the news to fans in a Twitter post uploaded on Friday.
The star outlined that her symptoms are a sore throat and dry cough among others as she urged her followers not to panic.
Infected: Fiona Phillips is the latest famous face to be diagnosed with coronavirus amid the pandemic sweeping the world
She wrote: ‘I am in bed with #coronvirusuk It’s not a very pleasant bedfellow, but nothing more than sore throat, dry cough, headache & tiredness. As long as it stays that way….DON’T panic!’
Fiona, who is married to This Morning producer Martin Frizell, was quite to assure fans that she wasn’t in too much distress amid her diagnosis.
Replying to a concerned fan asking if she was suffering, she replied: ‘I’m not suffering. It’s fine. Thanks for asking.’
Sick: The star outlined that her symptoms are a sore throat and dry cough among others as she urged her followers not to panic
Fiona joins a whole host of stars who have confirmed they have been tested positive for COVID-19.
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were the first Hollywood couple to reveal they had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus during a holiday to the Gold Coast in Australia.
The Forrest Gump actor and his wife, both 63, announced the positive test results last week on Instagram urging the public to ‘take care’.
Hanks revealed they had experienced symptoms including the common cold, body aches and chills before they decided to get tested.
Days later, Idris Elba revealed he too had contracted the virus and that he and wife Sabrina had gone into self isolation.
The Luther star, 47, had attended the WE Day UK Charity event and concert in London last Tuesday March 3 with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
She announced she tested positive for the virus last week and gone into self quarantine.
Bond girl Olga Kurylenko revealed on Wednesday she’s ‘feeling better’ three days after announcing she had tested positive for coronavirus.
Meanwhile, it was revealed recently that former page 3 girl Linda Lusardi, 61, and her husband Sam Kane, 51, have been taken to hospital and will be tested for COVID-19 after contracting symptoms.
Sam posted on Facebook on Friday afternoon that the couple have been hospitalised and will be tested for the virus ‘very soon.’
The talent agency director added that he and Linda are both ‘stable but ‘very ill,’ and asked for ‘prayers and positivity.’