Coronation Street star Simon Gregson told his fans that he contracted coronavirus and called the symptoms he had, mainly gastric, “bl**dy awful” Simon, who plays Steve McDonald on the ITV soap, told his Twitter followers that he has finally been able to get out of bed after contracting the deadly virus.
In a tweet, the 45 year old wrote: “1st day out of bed today starting to feel a little better after contracting the virus,my main symptom was gastric and still is bloody awful but lucky to not have respiratory.
Stay safe everyone x.” His followers sent him messages off support as one person wrote: "Stay safe and look after yourself. Pleased to hear you are feeling a little better." Another said: "Wishing you a full and speedy recovery, sir.".