First Dates waitress Laura Tott has revealed she has been diagnosed with coronavirus after working as a parademic.

Laura qualified as a paramedic a year ago and has been on the frontline as the world battles the pandemic.

She revealed she had a feeling she had the virus and felt like "absolute rubbish", but was still shocked when she tested positive.

Alongside a selfie on Instagram, Laura opened up on how she was feeling.

"Today’s been a weird one, kinda knew I had contracted it but actually hearing the word ‘positive’ threw me a little," she wrote.

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"I know I’ve been quieter on social media recently but I’ve felt like absolute rubbish.

"Never had any form of flu before so I’m not handling it well Never slept so much!" she added.

Laura, who is from Staines described her symptoms as like a "really bad cold", and she completely lost her sense of taste and smell, and then similar symptoms to sinusitis.

"I think these symptoms need to be taken way more seriously. I had no cough or fever at first, and still have no cough now," she explained.

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Laura also posted a video in her PPE alongside the caption: "When you have to wear PPE but want to remain stylish".

Laura has also posted in honour of her NHS co workers after the weekly applause.

She gushed: "That applause last night was unbelievable. Something I’ll never forget.

"Even brought a tear to my eye! Thank you, and you to every member of the NHS.

"Thank you to the delivery drivers, the other emergency services, the carers, the shop workers, the PT’s offering home workouts, and every other key worker out there."