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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lydia Patrick

‘Despicable’: Bereaved Covid families slam Johnson and Hancock over pandemic WhatsApp messages

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“Dad, you’re going to have to be stronger than you’ve ever been, there’s a horrible disease,” Jane Roche whispered into her father’s ear as an ambulance whisked him away.

Vincent Pettitt’s beard felt unfamiliar against his daughter’s face. She had not been allowed to visit her father’s care home for two weeks to groom him after the government enforced a nationwide Covid lockdown in March 2020.

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