Will Young has revealed he has been “struck” with Covid-19 just days before Christmas.
The Leave Right Now singer, 41, announced the news to his nearly 88,000 Instagram followers, alongside a selfie in which he looked unwell.
In the caption Young said “Covid strikes!" adding that he “almost got away” with avoiding the virus before Christmas.
It comes as concerns rise over the spread of a new mutant sprain of Covid-19 which Boris Johnson warned is “70 per cent more transmissible”.
Researchers have found the new variant has already spread around the UK, with cases identified in Wales and Scotland.
Jess Glynne, who caught Covid-19 earlier this year, said her grandmother had recently died with the virus.
The north London singer, who is Jewish, is using the video for her first Christmas single, a cover of Donny Hathaway’s This Christmas, to raise money for the Jewish Care charity, which helped care for her grandmother.
The 31-year-old told the Mirror: “I’m really cautious in my movements because it is mad serious.
“You see people being irresponsible and you can’t be. The staff who looked after my nan have been incredible. You aren’t allowed to see anyone and she was alone.
“It is just dark, people not getting to say their goodbyes.”
Great British Bake Off finalist Laura Adlington said fellow 2020 contestant Lottie Bedlow had delivered her supplies after she also contracted the virus ahead of Christmas.
Writing on Instagram Stories, the digital manager from Kent, 31, said the gift of chocolates had made her feel “infinitely better”.
She said: “Getting Covid right before Christmas is a ball ache, but having friends like @lottiegotcake makes it infinitely better. Thank you lover.”
On Tuesday Peaky Blinders star Sophie Rundle also confirmed she had contracted Covid-19 and had spent time in hospital.
The actress, 32, who has recently been filming the second series of Gentleman Jack, shared photos on Instagram of herself looking miserable.
Additional reporting by PA Media.
