Jo Whiley offered Covid vaccine before sister in care home with diabetes
The Guardian UK
Radio 2 DJ says family is ‘living through nightmare’ and wants to speak up for those with learning disabilitiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJo Whiley has said she is “living through a nightmare” after being offered the coronavirus vaccine before her sister, who has learning difficulties and diabetes and whose care home has been locked down due to an outbreak.The BBC Radio 2 DJ, who has been campaigning for her younger sister Frances, who has the rare Cri du Chat genetic syndrome, to be prioritised for the jab, has spoken of her distress after a Covid outbreak in Frances’s care home. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/jo-whiley-offered-covid-vaccine-before-sister-in-care-home-with-diabetes
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