EastEnders viewers were terrified Ben Mitchell would test positive for coronavirus after watching tonight’s episode, which saw Albert Square's resident gangster coughing before falling to the ground.
Ben, played by Max Bowden, has been battling difficulty with his hearing since the ill-fated boat party earlier this year, which left him partially deaf.Things took a turn for the worse this evening when a burst eardrum left him spluttering with a cough, eventually collapsing to the ground in pain.Telling Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) he was suffering from the flu, Ben was later rushed to the hospital, leaving viewers with a gigantic cliffhanger.Watching the scenes unfold from their sofas, EastEnders fans were left fearing the worst, convinced.
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