Queen guitarist Brian May reveals COVID diagnosis
Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed he is recovering from COVID-19, using a message to fans to encourage people to be vaccinated.May says he and wife Anita Dobson contracted COVID-19 at an event full of triple-jabbed peopleThe UK is experiencing a dramatic surge in cases of the Omicron variant, putting a strain on hospitals
He said everyone in attendance had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and used rapid antigen tests, more commonly known as lateral flow tests in the UK, before arriving. "But of course, there are so many people in hospitals right now who weren't jabbed, who are right on the line between life and death," he said.
"I lost one of my very best friends to COVID very early on. In six days it killed him. It could have done me, the last six days, but it didn't because of the jabs."The unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infections and a subsequent rise in hospitalisations in the country has promptedOther European countries have tightened restrictions, while the Netherlands has imposed a nationwide lockdown.
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