Salma Hayek has revealed she nearly died from COVID-19 early on in the pandemic. The actress told Variety magazine her doctor had "begged" her to go to the hospital "because it was so bad" but she had refused. "I said 'no, thank you, I'd rather die at home'," she explained. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the worldThe 54-year-old spent about seven weeks isolated in a room in her London home, which she shares with her husband and teenage daughter.
She was put on oxygen at one point and said she has still not recovered fully from the effects of her near-fatal experience.