The TV presenter Charlie Webster has been discharged from hospital more than five weeks after nearly dying from malaria she contracted in Brazil. The 33-year-old Team GB ambassador fell ill during the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics and was diagnosed with a rare strain of the mosquito-borne disease after being taken to hospital on 6 August. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Webster being treated in Rio. After five weeks, I’m out of hospital, alive and finally recovering (even my kidneys have started to slowly improve)! Doctors diagnosed the rare strain of malaria and she underwent kidney dialysis.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2016 07:45 UTC