“THIS has been unrelenting.” Those are the stark words of the chief executive of Bradford’s main hospital on the intense challenges wrought by Covid-19. Nearly one year on from the first Covid admission at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI), doctors and nurses still don their PPE armour as they continue to wage a war against the virus. The Telegraph & Argus was given access to the hospital to speak to Covid-19 patients about their experience, and their accounts are a sobering reminder of the impact it has had on so many. Julia Morris, 61, from Odsal, was being treated in Ward 8, what is classed as a downstream Covid ward, when the T&A visited. She was admitted to hospital in early December after initially thinking she had normal winter chest problems, as she has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).