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Piers Morgan has revealed that he caught Covid. during the crowd chaos that marred Wembley's Euro Championships final - despite being double-jabbed.
In a powerful account for tomorrow's Mail on Sunday, the 56-year-old broadcaster - one of the strongest critics of the government's pandemic policies - describes how the virus triggered a raging fever, chills and violent coughing and sneezing fits before leaving him exhausted and fearful of what might be to come next.
His account reveals his belief that he caught the Indian – or Delta - variant of the virus while watching England's defeat to Italy a fortnight ago, despite official assurances that only fully vaccinated spectators, or those with negative tests, would be admitted to the stadium.
Piers, 56, with sons Stanley, Albert and Spencer at the Euro 2020 finals at Wembley
'My confidence that the event would be 'covid safe' had disintegrated,' he recalls, noting the masses of ticketless yobs breaching security.
'It was turning into an unregulated free-for-all.'
He began to feel unwell at his Sussex village home two days after the match and took a lateral flow test.
Fans mass outside for Italy v England at Wembley Stadium in London before the kick-off
