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Cheryl will be too sick to do X Factor

Cheryl will be too sick to do X Factor
By The Sun
Wed 07 July 2010, 14:00 CAT

SERIOUSLY ill CHERYL TWEEDY may have to pull out of X Factor this year as she battles to survive the killer disease malaria, it emerged last night. Frail Cheryl, 27, could also be forced to scrap a gig at the V Festival. And her management are ready to put the October launch of her new album on ice.

The GIRLS ALOUD singer spent a THIRD night in intensive care yesterday at a Surrey clinic and faces a six-month struggle back to fitness. Her condition is understood to be worse than feared and she is plagued with headaches and fever.

A source revealed: "It is a lot more serious than first thought. Everyone thought she would pull through after 24 hours but there have been no signs of improvement.

"She is very ill and will not be out of hospital for a while. Everyone is holding their breath.

"Because of her hectic schedule, the malaria has really taken a hold.

"She has not got the physical strength to beat it. She is going to need all of her Geordie grit to win this battle."

Cheryl is now in a specialist unit that deals with tropical diseases.

A source said she was also "hit hard" by powerful medication used to combat the mosquito-borne illness - which can be fatal.

He added "It isn't pretty. There are fears that because she is so delicate, permanent damage has been done to her liver.

"She is so tiny - the medication is hitting her hard."

Cheryl was rushed to hospital on Sunday night.

Dancer pal DEREK HOUGH, 25, has been at her bedside along with her mum Joan Callaghan.

The source said: "Joan is beside herself with worry."

The Sun told yesterday how Cheryl caught the disease on a trip to Tanzania, Africa, with Derek three weeks ago. She took malaria tablets but they failed to protect her.

She collapsed during a photoshoot on Saturday.

Comic Relief advisers were worried by her tiny physique when she joined a charity walk up Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro last year.

Labels: CHERYL TWEEDY, MALARIA

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