Micah Richards has swine flu
England footballer Micah Richards has been stranded in a Cyprus resort after contracting swine flu.
The Manchester City defender, 21, was struck down with the bug while on holiday and is taking Tamiflu medication but has been told not to fly home until he has a clean bill of health.
The news comes as the first British case of a healthy person dying from swine flu was announced last night.
A patient from Essex succumbed to the virus - the first death in the UK of someone without any underlying health problems.
It is believed to be the first time a healthy person has died of swine flu outside the Americas, where the outbreak started.
Richards said: 'At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning. I felt so weak I couldn't move or eat.'
'When I was told I had swine flu all sorts of things started going through my mind. You see on the news people dying of it,' he told The Sun.
The footballer - who is staying in a five-star hotel near the resort of Ayia Napa - said he hoped to be able to fly home tomorrow.
the rest of the article just talks about swine flu in general
Hopefully this'll clear up before Man City fans have to get masks with the club crest on them like this Velez Sarsfield fan. :\
The Manchester City defender, 21, was struck down with the bug while on holiday and is taking Tamiflu medication but has been told not to fly home until he has a clean bill of health.
The news comes as the first British case of a healthy person dying from swine flu was announced last night.
A patient from Essex succumbed to the virus - the first death in the UK of someone without any underlying health problems.
It is believed to be the first time a healthy person has died of swine flu outside the Americas, where the outbreak started.
Richards said: 'At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning. I felt so weak I couldn't move or eat.'
'When I was told I had swine flu all sorts of things started going through my mind. You see on the news people dying of it,' he told The Sun.
The footballer - who is staying in a five-star hotel near the resort of Ayia Napa - said he hoped to be able to fly home tomorrow.
the rest of the article just talks about swine flu in general
Hopefully this'll clear up before Man City fans have to get masks with the club crest on them like this Velez Sarsfield fan. :\