CORONATION Street actor Simon Gregson has revealed he's got coronavirus after the soap set went into lockdown. He told fans: "1st day out of bed today starting to feel a little better after contracting the virus. "My main symptom was gastric and still is bloody awful but lucky to not have respiratory.
Stay safe everyone x." ITV made the decision to suspend filming of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale amid the coronavirus pandemic last month.
Soap stars were told not to come in for work to stop the spread of the deadly bug. Bosses have scaled back the number of episodes aired each week as they adapt to the impact of COVID-19.