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The Radio 2 star said the family had been so concerned with Frances health that they were discussing palliative care on Saturday, before her sisters health took a more positive turn on Sunday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that every adult in the country should get the first coronavirus vaccine by July 31.

UK government’s policies lead to horrific COVID-19 death rates among disabled people The Conservative government’s criminal indifference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society has become ever more blatant as the pandemic crisis has unfolded. Earlier this month, the Mencap charity reported that people with learning disabilities were being told in January that they would not be resuscitated if they fell gravely ill with COVID-19. Edel Harris, Mencap’s chief executive,...

Feb 22, 2021 LONDON (AP) — The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K.’s lockdown. The previous aim was for all adults to get a jab by September. The new target also calls for everyone 50 and over and those with an underlying health condition to get their first of two vaccine shots by April 15, ...

The British government says it aims to give every adult in the country a COVID-19 shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target.

The DJ says her sister Frances, who has a learning disability and diabetes, is "fighting for her life" with Covid.

Jo Whiley has said her sister, who has a learning disability and diabetes, has finally been offered a Covid vaccine, but it may have come too late as Frances is “fighting for life” in hospital. The BBC Radio 2 DJ said it had been “the worst week of our lives” and 24 hours ago medical staff were discussing palliative care for her sister, although on Saturday “she rallied round” and her oxygen levels were beginning to rise. “At the moment we’ve...

LONDON (AP) — The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country...

The visibly emotional DJ, 55, told Andrew Marr that Frances, who has severe learning difficulties, had been so distressed at being admitted to hospital that she rampaged through the building.

The broadcaster has expressed frustration that she was offered the vaccine before her sister.