Captain Tom Moore, the former British army officer who spent the war years in Calcutta, has been admitted to hospital with Covid-19, his daughter has revealed.
There is particular concern for the 100-year-old as he has not be given a vaccine because he has been suffering from pneumonia since British Airways flew him and his family to a free holiday in Barbados in December. The trip was crossed of his wish list.
In a statement posted on Sunday night to the Captain Tom Moore Twitter account, Hannah Ingram-Moore wrote: “I wanted to update everybody that today my father was admitted to hospital.