so five—year—old alfie fulbrook from herefordshire doesn't fit the bill at all. hire royal hospital with a very serious case of the illness. phil mackie spoke to alfie and his mum lauren about what happened. it's every parent's nightmare. five—year—old alfie fulbrook was admitted to hospital in worcester six days ago. he was hallucinating and had a raging temperature. i thought he was going to die. i thought i was going to lose my child because, obviously, i have seen it on the news where everybody has got coronavirus and then the next thing, people are dying from it. and to see him so poorly, i didn't think that he was going to be able to come back from it. a lot of people are saying that young children get this very mildly. you would argue that's not the case. i've seen it first—hand, there is nothing mild about his symptoms. he had gone from running around, shouting, playing, being at school being happy to nothing. he wouldn't eat, he wouldn't move, he wasn't my child. but as you can see, he got better quickly and i was able to have a quick word with him. hi, a