'It hit me very bad': Idris Elba on Covid-19's mental impact

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Idris Elba says the "mental impact" of Covid-19 was "pretty traumatic" on himself and his wife Sabrina Dhowre. The 'Luther' star and his spouse both tested positive for the virus in April but had only had a few symptoms, and Idris has admitted the fact that little was known about the deadly respiratory infection and how it affects its victims was extremely worrying and took its toll on his and the 32-year-old model's mental health.

In an interview with the Radio Times magazine, he explained: "I was asymptomatic so I didn't get the major symptoms everyone else got. "Mentally, it hit me very bad, because a lot was unknown about it. "I felt very compelled to speak about it, just because it was such an unknown. "So the mental impact of that on.