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Kate Garraway gives tough update on husband Derek's 'lonely' recovery

Kate Garraway has revealed that husband Derek is still finding it very difficult to communicate, more than two years after he first contracted coronavirus.

It was right at the start of the first national lockdown that former political aide Derek was struck down by coronavirus, with incredibly worrying times or him, Kate and the couple's two children as he was taken into hospital and then put in a medically induced coma as his condition took a turn for the worse. Derek remained in hospital for months as Kate and their family, unable to see him due to tough restrictions, willed him to get better.

Derek was eventually allowed to return home last spring, a year after first going into hospital, but he still faces a long road to recovery, with Kate giving regular updates on his health on Good Morning Britain and ITV documentaries Finding Derek and Caring for Derek, which both offered candid updates on how her family have handled an incredibly tough two years.

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