Huw Edwards is still experiencing 'breathlessness' after 'suffering from COVID-19' earlier this year. The BBC News At 10 presenter, 59, said he developed coronavirus symptoms nine months ago in mid-March and was later treated in hospital for pneumonia. The broadcaster admitted on one evening he thought he wasn't going to be able to do the show, after arriving at the studio and 'being unable to speak'. After effects: Huw Edwards revealed he is still experiencing 'breathlessness' nine months on from 'suffering from COVID-19' in March (pictured in January) The presenter told The Observer: 'I was very ill for a couple of weeks, then I went back to work, which I was pleased to do, but I get very, very breathless if I run up a flight of stairs.