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Coronavirus: Tom Jones pulls out of Saturday Night Takeaway over fears he'll contract deadly bug

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Tom Jones will no longer be performing in this weekend's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway after pulling out over coronavirus fears.

The veteran crooner, 79, is in the most vulnerable at-risk group because of his age and health, having had to cancel his tour after contracting a nasty viral infection last summer that landed him in hospital.

Instead, Sir Tom will be staying in self-isolation at home, and his segment on the show will be given to Olly Murs to fill. Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will have to pull out all the stops for tomorrow night's show after the global pandemic forced ITV to make several major changes to their format.

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