JOE Swash has claimed he had coronavirus when he won Dancing on Ice as he reveals he was suffering from "sickness and a fever".
The 38-year-old risked being ruled unfit for the show when he was struck down with an ear infection. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates He had to wear an enormous bandage over his head in a bid to help his ear recover from being kicked by a skate.
But Joe thinks in hindsight he may have been battling the deadly virus. He told MirrorOnline: "In the final week of the competition I was really ill, I had a bad ear, I was being sick quite a lot, I had fever. "I think I may have had corona in the last week of Dancing On Ice." A high temperature is one of the two main symptoms of coronavirus,.