Rachel Fenton has revealed she’s tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time this year.
The Love Island star, who has been working as a nurse amid the coronavirus pandemic, confirmed the news on social media – and warned fans that “reinfection is happening”.
Taking to Twitter, the 28-year-old wrote: “I’ve been re-infected with COVID-19. I tested positive back in March and also had the antibodies.”
“I knew reinfection did happen but I didn’t think it was that common? I think it’s important people know that reinfection is happening, it could be the new strain?”
I’ve been re-infected with COVID-19. I tested positive back in March and also had the antibodies. I knew reinfection did happen but I didn’t think it was that common? I think it’s important people know that reinfection is happening, it could be the new strain?
— Rachel Fenton (@RachelFenton_) December 21, 2020
A new strain of Covid-19 was recently discovered in the UK, and its thought to be 70 percent more transmissible.
In another tweet, Rachel said: “I’ve had another positive swab recently. I had very mild symptoms which were not like the symptoms I had before. Has anyone else experienced a second positive Covid-19 swab?”
Speaking on her Instagram Story, the reality star further explained: “Obviously as I’m a nurse, I’m tested weekly. My work do weekly surveillance swabs, and I’ve always tested negative since that period when I did have coronavirus.”
“Recently, I’ve tested positive again, so I’ve actually been reinfected with the virus, which is quite scary. And for me, I knew reinfection did happen, but I wasn’t aware that it was that common.”
“Clearly there is another strain of coronavirus going around, and I know everyones talking about it and something that could be more transmittable,” she continued.
“So I think everyone just needs to be extremely careful, you know, reinfection does happen. Once you’ve had coronavirus – you’re not immune to it.”
“And I think everyone needs to be very aware of the current situation, like it is really scary.”
“Luckily I’ve been on annual leave so I’ve not had any patient contact, thank god. But I just want to reiterate how important it is to socially distance and to make sure you wear your masks. ”
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“So stay safe everyone,” Rachel added.
The 28-year-old rose to fame on the second series of Love Island, which saw her couple up with co-star Rykard Jenkins.
The pair dated for 18 months, before they called it quits in 2017.
