Adam Rickitt, 42, suffers from Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis that causes eye and bowel problems. As the former Coronation Street actor falls into the highly vulnerable category of those who could suffer from the deadly effects of coronavirus, he was invited to receive his COVID-19 jab early, and his GMB star wife Katy Rickitt emotionally admitted that she had never felt “so relieved” in her life that he would now have some protection against the virus.Opening up to his 69,000 Instagram followers, Adam said: “I have just had my vaccination, weird one for me because I haven’t made a song and dance about it, but I have underlying medical conditions. “Which meant I should have been shielding since March.