“Captain Tom”, the UK veteran who raised millions for the National Health Service last year, tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently hospitalized.
Sir Tom Moore was being treated for pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus last week, according to a statement from his daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday for “additional help with his breathing”.
“The medical care he has received in recent weeks has been remarkable and we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do everything they can to make him comfortable and, hopefully, return home as soon as possible,” the statement said. of your daughter.
He is not in the intensive care unit, according to the statement.
Moore made international headlines last year when he started a fundraising campaign to support the NHS in April, thanks to an idea from his daughter to keep him active during the pandemic. He promised to make 100 laps in his 50-meter garden before his 100th birthday and initially hoped to raise 1,000 pounds ($ 1,244).
His fundraiser ended up raising £ 33 million ($ 41 million) for the country’s health service.
The campaign also earned Moore several honors, including the knighthood of Queen Elizabeth II. The queen, who turned 94 last year, met Moore at an outdoor ceremony in July at Windsor Castle to award the distinction. She thanked him for the “incredible” amount of money he raised.
Moore served in the British Army in India, Burma and World War II as a captain, but received the honorary title of colonel after his fundraiser.
Britain celebrated Moore’s 100th birthday in April with a flyover of two World War II-era aircraft.
