Jeremy Vine compares having coronavirus to 'meeting Elvis'

Jeremy Vine has said having coronavirus over Christmas after reporting on it for so long felt like “meeting Elvis”.

During his Channel 5 current affairs programme, the presenter aired a series of videos he had recorded while self-isolating in his family home over the festive period.

He said: “I had a weird one, I had Covid. I felt a bit ill on December the 22nd and then on the 23rd this was me.”

Mr Vine added: “When you have reported so much on a virus and you finally get it, it’s like meeting Elvis but actually by day three, Christmas Day, I was a little better, although I had now had a positive test result.

“I followed all the rules. The family isolated. I had to isolate within the house.”

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Last week comedian, John Bishop, also shared his experience of being "flattened" by coronavirus during the festive period.

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If you start to show the following symptoms it is recommended you book a coronavirus test:

• A new and continuous cough.
• A high temperature which feels hot to the touch.
• A loss or change to sense of taste or smell.