Susanna Reid explains why Piers Morgan isn't back on GMB despite testing negative for Covid-19 - Mirror Online, Mirror.co.uk

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Susanna Reid explained why Piers Morgan was not back on Good Morning Britain today despite testing negative for coronavirus .

Piers, , was replaced again today by Ben Shephard after telling viewers at the weekend that he had some coronavirus symptoms.

He had written: “UPDATE: On medical advice, and out of an abundance of caution for a mild symptom that arose in past 346 hrs, I’ve had a test for COVID – and so won’t be working on @GMB until I get the result back, which should be tomorrow. “

Susanna Reid explained why Piers Morgan was not on GMB today (Image: ITV)

Piers tested negative for covid – despite having symptoms (Image: ITV)

Introducing this morning’s show, Susanna said: “We are happy to report that Piers tested negative for coronavirus however he is still under the weather.”

Reading out Piers’ tweet, Susanna said: “My COVID – 48 test was negative. I was advised to take the test by my doctor after developing possible coronavirus symptoms, and was entitled to do so as a Govt-designated essential worker.