EastEnders' Tina Carter will be recovering from coronavirus when the BBC One soap returns.
Tina Carter is a fan-favourite character on the Square
The show is currently off air after running out of episodes amid the pandemic, but when the programme returns on September 7th, actress Luisa Bradshaw-White will be a part of one of the main storylines, in which her bar manager character Tina has been struck down with Covid-19.
Speaking on EastEnders: Secrets from the Square, Luisa said: "Tina got coronavirus and was living with Ash and Iqra.
"I think Tina now comes out thinking, 'I really want a relationship, I want love.'
"So then really we start from there."
Luisa's on-screen sister and former Bad Girls co-star Linda Henry's EastEnders character Shirley Carter is in for an emotional time in forthcoming episodes.
Speaking about her upcoming plot, Linda said: "The past comes back to bite Shirley on the bum."
Luisa said: "It's a really exciting storyline, she [Linda] cried.
"Because you do cry. She gets really emotional."
Linda added: "It's going to be brilliant."
Elsewhere during chat on the spin-off show, Linda admitted she was left "heart-broken" when Cheryl Fergison's character Heather Trott was killed off in 2012, but she still goes on holiday with the actress.
She said: "Broke my heart when they got rid of Cheryl.
"We still see each other, we go on holiday with each other, every day was a lovely day at work with her."
EastEnders will kick off "series two" on Monday September 7th after being off air since June 16th.
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