Cancer patient and BBC newsreader George Alagiah says he has been treated for coronavirus.
Alagiah, who is undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, said he had a test for Covid-19 after developing a fever.
"In some ways, I think that those of us living with cancer are stronger because we kind of know what it is like to go into something where the outcomes are uncertain," he told BBC News.
Alagiah first had cancer diagnosed in 2014.
Speaking about his latest diagnosis, he said: "They did loads of tests for all kinds of things, one of which was Covid-19.
"A few days later my oncologist said, “Well, you’re fine as far as the chemo side-effects are concerned but you do have Covid-19.
'Cancer gives us an edge'
“My first reaction was if that was it then I have got away with it, because I had a temperature but not all those nasty things people talk about.
“For all those people living with cancer my message is, we all know what uncertainties are about.
"We all know what being in a life-threatening situation is about. This needn’t be like that.
“Living with cancer gives us an edge because we have confronted those difficult, dark moments in our life."
