Tom Moore, the hundred-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the United States coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts with COVID-19 in the hospital, his daughter said Sunday.
Hannah Ingram-Moore revealed in a statement on Twitter that her father, popularly known as Captain Tom, was admitted to Bedford Hospital because he needed ‘additional help’ with his breathing.
She said her father had been treated for pneumonia for the past few weeks and that he had tested positive for the coronavirus last week.
She said he is being treated in a ward and not in an intensive care unit.
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“The medical care he has received over the past few weeks has been remarkable and we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do everything in their power to make him comfortable and hopefully return as soon as possible,” she said. said.
Moore became an emblem of hope at the start of the pandemic in April when he walked 100 laps in his garden in England for the National Health Service to coincide with his 100th birthday. Instead of the £ 1,000 aspiration, he raised about £ 33 million ($ 45 million).
Moore, who served in the rank of captain during the war in India and Burma, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in July for his fundraising efforts.
The best wishes came from far and wide, also from the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tweeted that Moore “inspired the whole nation, and I know we all wish a complete recovery.”