Boris Johnson’s TV and radio presenter sister has shared her suspicions that she thinks she had the coronavirus.
The 54-year-old has opened up on believing she suffered from Covid Toe – a rash appears on feet that medical professionals think could be a sign of the deadly virus.
Writing in a column for the Daily Mai l, the sister of the Prime Minister shared how after noticing “Two of my toes were pink Wall’s cocktail chipolatas covered in itchy red bumps” and seeing an article titled How To Spot Covid Toe that she was convinced that she was infected.
Sharing on a conversation with her husband on her self-diagnosis, she penned: “I announced: ‘Well, that proves it! I definitely had Covid Toe. (I could swear I had the tell-tale red ‘maculopapules’ on two toes of my left foot), which means I did have Covid in February after all when I came back from Venice and was laid out with a streaming cold for five days.”
Rachel also detailed that she had another symptom which she explained as a “sort of electric … flashing feeling” where her skin “goes all crawly.”
Wanting to know if she had the disease, Rachel went on to share that she forked out £100 for a private antibody test.
Sharing on the results and how she believes it confirms her suspicions, she told: “My antibody test was negative, but I’m still convinced I had it and am, therefore, right!”
Rachel recently admitted that her brother Boris seems like a “different person” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The author and journalist, made the admission when appeared on The Jeremy Vine Show today via video link in March, said that she watched his address to the nation last night and felt “sympathy for him”.
She also said that “everyone’s lives are in his hands” and that “his job couldn’t be harder.
Speaking to host Jeremy, she revealed that she had been forced to cancel all of the events to promote her new book Rake’s Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis.
However Jeremy went on to ask her about the prime minister, commenting: “I am seeing a different person.”
Rachel agreed, saying: “This is an unprecedented time… this could not be more serious.”
She continued: “We have never faced anything like this before as a nation or world… it’s a matter of life or death.”
“I watched his address to the nation last night,” Rachel said. “One can’t help but feel sympathy … everyone’s lives are in his hands and his job couldn’t be harder.”