Coronavirus: Piers Morgan tells shocked Susanna Reid his son has Covid-19 symptoms

Good Morning Britain host, who hasn't seen his son in three weeks, later coughed and joked it would ‘worry people’

Piers Morgan has revealed that his youngest son has experienced symptoms linked to coronavirus.

The Good Morning Britain presenter told co-host Susanna Reid that his 19-year-old son, Albert, lost his sense of taste and smell.

Morgan made the revelation during a discussion about Covid-19 with journalists Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce. Pierce has also suffered from coronavirus.

“One of my sons had it in a much milder way. He lost his taste and smell and still hasn't got it back,” Morgan said.

A shocked Reid asked: “One of your sons?”

“Yeah, my youngest boy had it,” Morgan responded. “He had that taste and smell thing that I think now most people are associating with the virus.

“Luckily he didn't get anything like what you had but he did experience it for a few days. It’s a very unnerving thing to get.”

Morgan has not seen any of his three sons, who do not live with him, since the UK government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of the virus.

As he coughed, Morgan noted: “I know some people at home will be thinking, oh there he goes he has got it.

“People on TV cough all the time, I hear people do it on air. But it will worry people. The moment you do everyone goes mad.”

Morgan recently criticised artists, including Lewis Capaldi and Stereophonics, for going ahead with their arena shows while people were being urged to social-distance.

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