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Dave Burke

UK's longest Covid hospital patient spends THIRD Christmas away from family

The UK's longest-hospitalised Covid patient spent his third Christmas being cared for away from his family - but his twin brother has not given up hope of a recovery.

Steve Laviniere was admitted just three days after Boris Johnson plunged the country into lockdown for the first time in March 2020, and suffered severe brain damage as a result of the virus.

Popular DJ Steve, 59, is now being treated at a hospital facility in Guildford, Surrey, where he is unable to walk or talk and has to be fed through a tube.

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