Singer Cheryl Cole in the hospital with malaria

[July 06, 2010]  LONDON (AP) -- A spokesman for British singer and TV personality Cheryl Cole says she is being treated in a London hospital for malaria.

Publicist Sundraj Sreenivasan said Tuesday the 27-year-old performer will have to cancel all work commitments for the next week. Cole reportedly recently returned from a trip to Tanzania.

Britain's tabloids reported that Cole, a judge along with Simon Cowell on the British reality talent show "The X Factor," collapsed during a photo shoot for her album on Saturday.

The Sun newspaper said Tuesday that she had been in the hospital for two days, but her spokesman declined to offer further details.

[Associated Press]

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