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		</div><p>Matt Hancock has told of his concerns at how serious things might get when he was struck down by coronavirus, describing how he lost half a stone during the illness and felt like he had razors in his throat.</p>
<p>The British Health Secretary branded the disease “indiscriminate” and said it had left him unable to eat or drink for a few days and he had been unable to sleep.</p>
<p>Mr Hancock, who said he had begun to go “downhill” on March 26, claimed the worst part had been not knowing how bad things might get.</p>
<p>He told BBC Breakfast: <em>“When you’re on the way down it’s really worrying because we can all see just how serious this illness is.</em></p>
<p><em>“And, for some people, the people who often get into the worst of health and those who lose their lives, it’s often because the lungs over-react to the virus, there’s an immune response. And you just don’t know if that’s going to happen, so I found it really worrying.”</em></p>
<p>Having addressed the daily Downing Street press conference on Thursday as his first public appearance back at work, he did a round of media interviews on Friday morning.</p>
<p>Speaking to Good Morning Britain, he said: <em>“I had two days or so when it was like just razors in your throat, a very, very sore throat. I couldn’t eat and I couldn’t drink.</em></p>
<p><em>“The worst bit was on the way down, worrying how bad it would get because we’ve all seen how bad it can get and it seems to be indiscriminate.”</em></p>
<p>Describing himself as now being back to <em>“full health”</em>, he said he was relieved to have recovered.</p>
<p>He told BBC Breakfast: <em>“Thankfully I bottomed out and started getting better, and for me it was short-lived and I was able to come back to work yesterday, and I’m in full health. But it is worrying. I’ve lost half a stone, it’s quite a serious impact directly. But thankfully for me I could get through it.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Hancock said he is continuing to follow social distancing measures because while it is <em>“highly likely”</em> he is immune, it is not certain.</p>
<p>He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “<em>I took advice on that and the advice is it’s highly likely that I am now immune, or have a very high level of immunity.</em></p>
<p><em>“But it’s not certain.</em></p>
<p><em>“So, like everybody else who has been through it, I am social distancing, just like everybody else.”</em></p>
<p>During the Good Morning Britain interview which was conducted outdoors in London, he admitted he had been <em>“slightly distracted”</em> due to a heckler who he said was complimenting him.</p>
<p>Laughing, he told the show’s presenters: <em>“I’m being heckled by somebody who’s shouting very nice things. ‘Matt Hancock is great’ – which has never happened to me before.”</em></p>
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