Lorraine Kelly has given an update on her health after being absent from her talk show last week.
The Scottish TV host was replaced by former Countdown star Carol Vorderman at last minute. Lorraine was last seen hosting her self-titled ITV show on Friday, July 8.
Now, on Monday July 18, she is back and while speaking to Good Morning Britain's Ed Balls and Ranvir Singh she explained her absence. Ranvir said: "Welcome back. Lorraine was off last week, we missed you greatly."
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Lorraine replied: "Thank you so much. It was the dreaded covid. It got me. I thought I'd escaped but it got me. But I'm fine. I'm absolutely fine and it's good to be back."
Ed asked: "Was it Wimbledon?" She replied: "No, do you know what, I don't actually know what it was. It could have been somebody standing in the queue behind me in the supermarket, you just don't know. This is the thing, you'll never be able to find out.
"But I'm fine, thank goodness, and I'm here. Thank God for science and the vaccine."
When finding out she had tested positive for the pandemic virus, Lorraine took to Twitter to update her fans. She wrote: "Well the covid has finally got me and I tested positive at the weekend. Thanks to the vaccine it’s not too bad and I hope to be back at work very soon." She added: "Huge thanks to @carolvorders who will be hosting @lorraine until I’m back."
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