Lusardi thanks NHS heroes who helped her recover in ICU

The Dancing On Ice star, 61, said that the healthcare workers were “unbelievable” and she “can’t thank them enough”.

She told Good Morning Britain: “They were very scared to begin with, this was a while back.

“They have got more PPE now and they have got more stuff.

“In the beginning, they were coming in with just plastic on and little things around their faces and running in and doing stuff and running out of my room.

“They weren’t prepared, they hadn’t got the gear they needed.”

Addressing NHS workers, she added: “I know how scared you are but without you, you are the front line, without you, more people would be dying.

“I thank you for giving me my life back, I really do.”

She also recounted her experience of being taken to hospital alongside her husband Sam Kane after an ambulance was called to their house.

“I had got practically zero oxygen in my blood, they said I had to come in.

“Then they tested Sam and said his was really bad as well.

“So my poor 20-year-old son watched us both be marched out of the door, with two paramedics with the full gear, all-in-ones and masks and into the ambulance.”

Lusardi also urged people ignoring social distancing guidelines to start following them.