Tory Matt Hancock has revealed coronavirus felt like "glass in my throat" - and he has lost half a stone. The Health Secretary had a relatively mild case of Covid-19 - but said he still struggled to sleep and could not eat or drink for "a couple of days".
Mr Hancock returned to the daily Downing Street press conference yesterday after seven days in self-isolation. He told BBC Breakfast: "It was a pretty unpleasant experience. “I went downhill on Thursday last week and for a couple of nights it was very hard to sleep”.
Mr Hancock had “a bit of a cough” but not a serious one. However, he had an “incredibly painful throat - it was like having glass in my throat.