West Brom striker Charlie Austin fears he caught coronavirus at the Cheltenham Festival and has warned others: "Don’t take it lightly – it’s serious." Austin is currently self-isolating after starting to suffer symptoms of the deadly virus last weekend.
He has not had any face-to-face contact with his family in his home since last Saturday and has remained in his bedroom on the advice of Baggies club doctor Kevin Conrod.
Austin says he suffered from cold sweats while his temperature soared to 39.7 degrees Celsius. He told The Telegraph: "I felt like someone had chucked a bucket of water over me.
I was soaking. “Before I started feeling the symptoms on Saturday I was on the phone to my wife Bianca’s mother and I said to her that I hoped if