Matt Richardson fears he has ‘deadly’ coronavirus and is locking himself away for two weeks
COMEDIAN Matt Richardson fears he has coronavirus and is self-isolating for two weeks.
The 28-year-old star told his Twitter following that while his symptoms are mild, Covid-19 is still deadly.
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He wrote: "Hello kids. I think I might be down with “it”. If so, I’m on the mild end.
"Throbbing sinuses, sore throat, no sense of smell or taste, and I had two days of a slightly raised temperature but that’s gone.
"May well not be, but am in for two weeks regardless. Any advice welcome!"
He continued: "I am staying at home for Minimum two weeks regardless. I feel absolutely fine in myself.
"I can understand why my generation wouldn’t fear it if this is all they thought it was, but we all know this is the easiest it is. And it’s deadly."
Matt previously hosted the Virgin Radio drive-time show as well as the Xtra Factor with Caroline Flack in 2013.
Fifty-four more people have today died across the UK after testing positive to coronavirus - with the death toll climbing to 335 in a day.
Sixteen deaths were recorded in London alone in 24 hours, while cases overall jumped from 5,837 to 6,650 - a spike of 800.
The 20 per cent jump from 281 fatalities included four deaths in each Wales and Scotland, while England recorded 46 tragic deaths.
The victims killed by the deadly bug in the last 24 hours were aged between 47 and 105.
It comes after Boris Johnson warned a total lockdown was on the cards unless Brits stay home.
The PM warned selfish Brits not listening to advice designed to save lives that he could soon enforce a more serious lockdown - similar to the ones in Italy, France and Spain.
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In his address yesterday, Mr Johnson said: "I don't think you need to use your imagination very much to see where we might have to go, and we will think about this very very actively in the next 24 hours.
"We need to think about the kind of measures we've seen elsewhere - other countries that have been forced to bring in restrictions on people's movements altogether, now as I say I don't want to do that."
There was anger at scenes over the weekend of crowds flocking to parks, markets, beaches and beauty spots.
It came as an 18-year-old was thought to have become the youngest victim of the virus in Britain.
The teen victim died at University Hospital in Coventry.
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