<p>Comedian and TV personality John Bishop has said he and his wife Melanie Bishop have contracted the novel coronavirus, describing the disease "the worst illness" he has ever had.</p>.<p>In a Twitter post, the British comic said he received the test results on Christmas and has since been experiencing strong symptoms, despite being fit.</p>.<p>"This is the worst illness I have ever had, debilitating headaches, muscle joint and even skin pain, dizziness, nausea, no appetite, incredibly chronic fatigue.</p>.<p>"My wife and I are fit non-smokers and it's flattened us. I don't wish this on anyone," Bishop, 54, wrote on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The couple has been married since 1993, with an 18-month separation that began in 2000. They share sons Joe, 26, Luke, 24 and Daniel, 22.</p>.<p>Their diagnosis comes after the comic questioned the government's methods of tackling the pandemic in a lengthy Instagram post shared in August. </p>
<p>Comedian and TV personality John Bishop has said he and his wife Melanie Bishop have contracted the novel coronavirus, describing the disease "the worst illness" he has ever had.</p>.<p>In a Twitter post, the British comic said he received the test results on Christmas and has since been experiencing strong symptoms, despite being fit.</p>.<p>"This is the worst illness I have ever had, debilitating headaches, muscle joint and even skin pain, dizziness, nausea, no appetite, incredibly chronic fatigue.</p>.<p>"My wife and I are fit non-smokers and it's flattened us. I don't wish this on anyone," Bishop, 54, wrote on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The couple has been married since 1993, with an 18-month separation that began in 2000. They share sons Joe, 26, Luke, 24 and Daniel, 22.</p>.<p>Their diagnosis comes after the comic questioned the government's methods of tackling the pandemic in a lengthy Instagram post shared in August. </p>