How did Morgan catch Covid?
Shortly after the Euro 2020 final, in July 2021, Morgan contracted the infection. He expressed that he suffered from multiple symptoms, “This includes a strong fever, violent coughing, chills and sneezing fits," as per a report by Express.
The broadcaster explained that he felt exhausted all throughout the day.
The Long Covid experience:
The symptoms continued for months that followed. Amidst the lack of smell and taste for that length of time, what seemed to affect him most was the “endless fatigue", which he said was “really debilitating".
He told Express: “The most frustrated I have ever been is that I got long Covid last year after I got the Delta variant. I had a week of really bad illness and then six, seven months of long Covid. “No taste, no smell, endless fatigue, no energy. Which for me was the worst thing."
Comparing the effects of the virus to past ailments such as breaking his ankle, Morgan said that over time, the inability to be able to do things he wanted was “depressing".
How he recovered from the symptoms?
Morgan stressed that sleeping for long hours helped him recover. Advising others who are suffering from similar ailments, Morgan said that he was able to get some of his energy back by sleeping: “I just sleep when I’m tired," he said.
“Makes no sense after that ridiculous schedule – but [I've] got my energy back."
How did the vaccines help him?
Piers also mentioned how getting jabbed twice for COVID has helped him to avoid the worst. He had been jabbed with the Oxford or AstraZeneca vaccine and that has helped him to recover in a steady state. He had said that had he not been jabbed, he would’ve had it worst.
