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THE TRAGIC TOLL

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Selfless

You’re an example

to all of us, Queen

tells health heroes

THE Queen sent a message of

“enduring appreciation and good

wishes” to health workers

everywhere to mark World Health

Day yesterday.

Her statement was released in a

video montage posted on the

monarchy’s social media accounts

showing members of the Royal

Family meeting NHS staff.

It started with a photo of the

Queen, now 93, greeting nurses in

Glasgow in 2015 before going on to

feature pictures of Prince Charles

and Camilla, Prince William and

Kate, Princess Anne and Prince

Edward on similar outings.

In subtitles, the Queen’s statement

read: “I want to thank all those

working in the healthcare profession

for your selfless commitment and

diligence as you undertake vitally

important roles to protect and

improve the health and well-being

of people.

“In testing times, we often

observe that the best of the human

spirit comes to the fore; the

dedication to service of countless

nurses, midwives and other health

workers, in these most challenging

of circumstances, is an example

to us all. My family and I send

our enduring appreciation and

good wishes.”

Her message came two days after

her televised address to the nation

about coronavirus.

Grateful...the Queen on her hospital visit to Glasgow in 2015

Picture: PA, SWNS

Rathod, 58, who worked at the

University Hospital of Wales in

Cardiff, had died in the

hospital’s intensive care unit.

Meanwhile eight-year-old

Megan White, from Kent,

painted a poster saying “I love

the NHS” after her father Dave

died of the virus.

Mum Claire, 42, said: “She

told me she did it because the

NHS had tried to help her

daddy. I just burst into tears.”

Supermarket boss Dave had

been working long hours to

restock items stripped off

shelves by panic buyers early

on in the pandemic.

By Richard Palmer

Royal Correspondent

Tragic mum

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A MUM is warning other families to

stay at home after her 12-week-old

baby caught coronavirus.

Winter-Rose Watson was admitted

to hospital on Friday with a fever

and breathing difficulties.

Single mother Jade, 27, said: “On

Thursday she had a really bad

temperature, it was about 38.5C

[101F]. So I contacted 111 and they

advised me to stay at home.

“But at 5am on Friday I’d set my

alarm to check on her and she’d got

really warm, even more than she

was before. I didn’t even need to

touch her, there was heat just

coming off her. She was gasping for

breath. I called for an ambulance but

it took three hours to get here.”

At hospital Winter-Rose was put

on a drip and given antibiotics as

doctor tried to work out what was

wrong. Test results on Saturday

revealed she had Covid-19.

Jade, of Burnley, Lancs, said: “It

was the worst experience of my life,

I was so scared to see my baby

struggling like that. I couldn’t believe

what was happening. I’m so grateful

she was able to pull through.”

Two days after Winter-Rose was

admitted she was deemed well

enough to go home. She and Jade

are now self-isolating while Jade’s

six-year-old son stays with his dad.

Jade said: “I’d only been out

of the house really to go to Lidl

and Home Bargains but people

need to listen to the advice and

stay indoors.”

By Barnaby Kellaway