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I feel like I m living through a nightmare : Jo Whiley on being offered Covid vaccine before her disabled sister
Frances Whiley has genetic disease Cri Du Chat syndrome as well as learning difficulties and diabetes. She tested positive for Covid today
16 February 2021 • 8:49pm
Frances and Jo Whiley
Credit: Clive Limpkin/Rex Features
BBC DJ Jo Whiley has talked of the torment of being offered the coronavirus vaccine before her disabled sister whose care home has been locked down due to a Covid outbreak.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that 60 percent of people who died with Covid-19 up to November 2020 had a disability.