Sherrie Hewson broke down in tears as she revealed she\'s currently unable to see her own brother.
The 69-year-old actress revealed that her brother Brett, who is suffering from a brain tumour, has been taken out of hospital because his bed was needed by someone else amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Appearing via a video link, Sherrie told \'Good Morning Britain\': "I have a brother who has a brain tumour in Wales and I can\'t see him. He was in hospital and he needed to be taken out of hospital because they needed a bed so he\'s conscious.
"They\'re really caring for him. Anyway, I can\'t see him, so I send him silly videos every day."
Sherrie hopes the pandemic will serve to shine a light on the value of the National Health Service (NHS).
The actress - who previously starred as Maureen Webster on \'Coronation Street\' - said: "I pray and hope that [this helps us] recognise our NHS - it\'s absolutely what we need."
Sherrie is currently living alone apart from her family - but she\'s recently started a chat show called \'Wonderbirds\' in order to stay in touch with her friends and family.
She shared: "We talk every day, which keeps me sane. I can\'t see my daughter and grandchildren, they\'re my life and I can\'t hug them, I can\'t kiss them.
"So we talk to each other every day and we put it on Facebook. Now we\'ve gone onto YouTube with \'Wonderbirds\' and it means quite a lot to people because they can talk to us."
Despite this, Sherrie is still finding the current lockdown to be emotionally stressful.
She said: "I\'m hurting a lot, every day, and I cry a lot."
