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People with learning disabilities in UK told they wont be resuscitated if they got Covid -19 - charity  Feb 15, 2021, 10:32 AM facebook email Gavin Howcroft, 30, who has the learning disability Global Developmental Delay (GDD), receives Covid-19 vaccine from Senior Immunization Nurse, Suzie Shakespeare at Robertson House, Stevenage on February 9, 2021. Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images People with learning disabilities are being given do-not-resuscitate (DNR) ord...

A man with a learning disability is urging others to have their Covid-19 vaccine amid concerns they may be “anxious” about receiving it.

A man with a learning disability is urging others to have their Covid-19 vaccine amid concerns they may be “anxious” about receiving it. Gavin Howcroft, who has global development delay, said he feels “closer to being safe again” after receiving the jab at a mass vaccination centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday. Now, the 30-year-old, from St Albans, is calling for others in the clinically vulnerable group to put their fears aside and get a jab. It came as a report by P...

Gavin Howcroft, who has global development delay, urged others in the clinically vulnerable group to put their fears aside and have a Covid vaccine.

Gavin Howcroft, who has global development delay, urged others in the clinically vulnerable group to put their fears aside and have a Covid vaccine.

Gavin Howcroft, 30, from St Albans, who has learning disabilities, gets his coronavirus vaccine at the Stevenage vaccination centre. People with learning disabilities are six times more likely to die from the virus.