Idris Elba has spoken about the traumatic effect his coronavirus diagnosis had on his mental health.

Back in March, Elba was one of the first high-profile stars to disclose that they had tested positive for COVID-19 . And while the Luther star has said that he was asymptomatic, so didnt feel the physical effects that many others with coronavirus have experienced, the illness did take its toll on him mentally.

I was asymptomatic so I didnt get the major symptoms everyone else got, he told Radio Times . Mentally, it hit me very bad, because a lot was unknown about it.