Eurovision Song Contest star James Newman has opened up about his ‘scary’ battle with coronavirus and recalls how he struggled to breathe at one point. The 34-year-old singer, who was set to represent the UK before this year’s Eurovision was cancelled, was diagnosed with Covid-19 last month but has fortunately recovered.

However, James was categorised as vulnerable due to his asthma making his ordeal even more concerning. ‘I think I had medium symptoms,’ James told Metro.co.uk. ‘I started off with my loss of taste and smell and then, I’ve got asthma, so my chest got tight and I couldn’t really breathe. Visit our live blog for the latest updates: Coronavirus news live ‘Hot and cold chills, not a fever though, just really knackered all

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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