Paul O’Grady has been struck down coronavirus despite stepping down from work to self-isolate due to heart problems. Speaking to pal BBC London presenter Gaby Roslin, he said: "I’m alright now.
Last week I had flu like symptoms. I didn’t have the cough bad, I certainly didn’t have the temperature or anything like that so I just got on with it. "That was when the heating had gone so it was minus two down here and freezing and I thought someone had got it in for me.
I’m fine now.” When if he had Covid 19, he said: “Most definitely. That’s knocking about, but there’s also flus and seasonal colds going about so you’ve got to tell yourself and learn the difference. "The coronavirus - you’d know if you caught that.