Strictly’s Katya Jones reveals she has been working as an NHS responder during coronavirus pandemic 

Strictly Come Dancing‘s Katya Jones has revealed that she has been working as an NHS volunteer responder during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Speaking on FUBAR Radio the dancer, 31, also teased when the BBC show might be coming back to screens. 

She said: ‘Obviously everybody is just waiting to hear what’s gonna happen. But I think the nation needs some sparkles of Strictly!

‘I just know that everybody’s working really, really hard to make it work. I think we’ll need to wait and hear how the rules are going to change further on.

‘We normally start at the end of July or beginning of August, so things might drastically change of course with the social distancing and things like that. 

‘But I really, really think we all need it!’

The Russian beauty has been keeping herself busy during lockdown by signing up as an NHS responder. 

She explained: ‘I live in quite a small town and there hasn’t been anything going on. 

‘Then today the alarm went off on my phone and I’m like, ”what’s going on? I don’t know what to do!” 

‘It was one of the patients. An elderly couple needed their medicine picking up from the pharmacy and taking to them and I was buzzing!’

She has also been learning new languages and helping her fellow professional dancers Karen Hauer and Oti Mabuse with their Home Festival. 

The ballroom dancer also revealed that she wouldn’t have had any days off until January next year if the nation hadn’t gone into lockdown. 

But the one thing Katya hasn’t been doing during her newfound free time is dancing. 

She said: ‘Do you know what’s really funny? The one thing I haven’t done at all during the lockdown is dancing! 

‘I swear, I did one class, I led one class, and that’s it. I’ve not danced at all!’

As the show was celebrating it’s 200th episode, Katya had prepared a dance routine to Sophie Ellis Bextor’s Murder On The Dance Floor, which she taught to presenters Joanna and Stephen.