COVID-19: Piers Morgan tests negative

Renowned British broadcaster, Piers Morgan, has tested negative for COVID-19 shortly after showing possible symptoms consistent with the novel pandemic.

The 55-year-old media personality took to his Twitter page on Monday to update his audience on his health status, adding that he would be back to TV as soon as his doctors give a go-ahead.

“I’ll be back on Good Morning Britain as soon as my doctor advises I’m OK to return to work. My COVID-19 test was negative,” Morgan wrote.

“I was advised to take the test by my doctor after developing possible coronavirus symptoms and was entitled to do so as a Govt-designated essential worker.”

Morgan began his career in Fleet Street as a writer and editor for several tabloid papers, including The Sun, News of the World, and the Daily Mirror. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the News of the World by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century.^[1] On television, he hosted Piers Morgan Live on CNN from 2011 to 2014, replacing Larry King Live in the timeslot following King’s retirement. He was a judge on America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent. In 2008, Morgan won the seventh season of the US Celebrity Apprentice