‘I’m not getting better’: Jackie O steps away from radio show to recover from long Covid

Kyle & Jackie O Show radio host reveals on air she is struggling with this fatigue' and has received medical advice to stop working

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Radio host Jackie O is stepping away from her long-running breakfast show with co-host Kyle Sandilands in order to recover from health issues months after contracting Covid-19.

While presenting the Kyle & Jackie O Show on KIIS FM on Monday, Jackie O, real name Jackie Henderson, said she had been struggling to recover after she contracted Covid-19 earlier this year, and that she had received medical advice to stop working in order to address an enduring cough and fatigue.

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