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Mother-of-four is in a coma and paralysed from neck down after Covid

A mother who was paralysed from the eyes down after contracting coronavirus had her home raided by four thieves.  

Ayesha Hussein, 55, from Cambridge was a happy and independent mum to her four children less than 100 days ago.

But while she was in hospital criminals broke into her home on January 23rd and stole her car and jewellery. 

Doctors doubt she will ever move, talk or breathe on her own again after her battle with Covid-19. 

Her daughter Mina said: 'We just want our mum back. Doctors say she's going to be disabled but we don't care what state she's in'.

The 30-year-old said Ayesha will be given the best care at home if she leaves Addenbrooke's Hospital, where she remains comatose and only able to move her eyes.

Ms Hussein's ordeal began at Christmas when she developed a cough, lost her sense of taste and smell, and had trouble breathing.

By December 29 she was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and, two days later, she was put on a ventilator.

A week later Ayesha's temperature soared to 42C before she fell into a coma, which she remains in today.

Her daughter said of the break in: 'It was more pain I didn't need'.

As Ayesha enters her fourth month in hospital, Addenbrooke's staff have issued a heartbreaking ultimatum to her family.

'The doctors said you need to consider the possibility of ending her life,' Mina explained.

'They asked if she has a cardiac arrest again do you want us to resuscitate her and we said yes.

'They were saying the quality of life wouldn't be good but we can give a good quality for her.'

Mina said that coronavirus 'destroyed' her mum's life as a happy and active mother to two sons and two daughters.

'I wish people could see what this has done to my mum,' Mina said.

'She was completely happy and healthy and it's destroyed her life. It's taken her for a complete 360.'

While holding out for a miracle, Mina has been fundraising to pay her mum's rent and bills in the hope that she will one day return to her home.

She's raised more than £6,500 on GoFundMe and said the money will also support her mum if she leaves hospital.  

Young mum dies of cancer after chronic pain dismissed as early menopause

A mum-of-four tragically died of terminal cancer at 27-year-old after being told her chronic muscular pain was early menopause.

Lizzy Evans was ecstatic to fall pregnant with her fourth child but was diagnosed with cervical cancer during her pregnancy after she started to bleed heavily.

In order to start treatment as soon as possible doctors had to deliver Lizzy's daughter eight weeks early.

Last May she was relieved to be given the all clear but just months later she began to suffer with chronic muscular pain throughout her entire body, reports NorthWalesLive.

Doctors put it down to early menopause as a side effect of the cancer treatment she'd already undergone.

But when the pain became excruciating, further tests were carried out and she was given the devastating news that the disease had returned.

This time it had spread to her lungs, spine and brain and was terminal.

The heartbreaking blow left Lizzy and her family reeling and set the wheels in motion for a fundraiser to help her make memories with her children aged nine, eight, two and one.

Meanwhile, she and her 29-year-old partner, Joshua Evans got married at Lizzy's mother's house in Leeswood, Wales.

She had hoped to be able to start clinical trials at a hospital in Manchester, but sadly she was too poorly to be eligible.

On March 31, Lizzy passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones.

She spoke about her harrowing ordeal in the weeks leading up to her untimely death to help raise awareness about cervical cancer.

Her heartbroken family have agreed to share her interview as they said it's "what Lizzy wanted."

Lizzy claimed she was told she would be monitored with regular check ups but said they "didn't happen" because of the pandemic.

She added: "I went to my GP with back, shoulder, rib and neck pain, which radiated throughout my body, and the GP put it down to muscular skeletal pain due to me going through the menopause because of the previous treatment I had.

"I was sent home with pain relief and told to come back if it didn't work.

"I started to also have unbearable stomach pain and went to the hospital as they thought I had a twisted ovary, but when they discovered it wasn't that, I was sent home with more painkillers.

"I had to get paramedics to come to my home as the pain in my shoulder, neck, and ribs got worse - they also said the same thing, muscular skeletal pain, and told me to ring the GP for more pain relief, which also didn't work.

"Until one morning, I was in that much pain I had to phone an ambulance because I felt like I was struggling to breathe.

"It was so bad that the ambulance crew thought I had a collapsed lung."

Lizzy's heartbroken mum Chrissy said her daughter "left a big impact on everyone's hearts."

Speaking to North Wales Live, she said: "Lizzy was so strong and so brave, her strength was amazing.

"She was such a fighter and always believed in hope, all the way up until her last few weeks.

"It broke my heart to see what she was going through knowing there was nothing I could do to help her.

"If I could've given my life for hers, I'd have done it in a heartbeat.

"I made her last few months the best I could while I was looking after her, she even told me I gave her the best months, she loved it here.

"She was such a kindhearted person, very loving and always helped others.

"She was so happy and always made everyone laugh, she was such a bubbly, funny character who loved life and loved her children and her family."

Chrissy added: "We're all so heartbroken and missing her terribly. We love her with all of our hearts and more.

"Life isn't fair, it's been so cruel to Lizzy. She was only 27 with her whole life ahead of her.

"She left a big impact on everyone's hearts. Life is so empty without her and will never be the same again."

After Lizzy died, Chrissy found a poem she had written for her and said it will now be something she will always treasure.

It says: "Mum, you are the one who will understand, always there to lend a hand.

"Your love is the root to my every storm, you have shielded me since the day I was born.

"You are my role model, support and queen, on your shoulder, I know I can lean.

"I love you mum, for all you do, thank you just for being you."

Touched by Lizzy's plight, local charity Belief set up a fundraising page before her death and started the ball rolling with a £200 donation to support her family.

So far, more than £1,600 has been raised.

Public will be urged to take Covid test twice a week as lockdown rules ease 

Everyone in the country will be encouraged to take two Covid tests a week to show they are not infected, Boris Johnson will announce on Monday.

Everyone in the country will be encouraged to take two Covid tests a week to show they are not infected, Boris Johnson will announce on Monday. Reference: The Telegraph: Charles Hymas: 3 days ago

The rapid lateral flow tests will be paid for by the Government and can be delivered to homes free of charge from Friday.

The multi-billion-pound expansion of testing is designed to catch Covid outbreaks early as the economy reopens.

While the tests are voluntary, the announcement could pave the way for workplaces or businesses to ask staff or customers to show they have a negative result.

The Government is also understood to be considering how the mass testing system could form part of an official “Covid certification” scheme, through which the public would be required to prove they have been vaccinated, show an up-to-date negative test result or prove that they have antibodies from recent infection in order to attend events or venues.

The Prime Minister said: “Massive efforts have been made by the British public to stop the spread of the virus.

“As we continue to make good progress on our vaccine programme, and with our roadmap to cautiously easing restrictions underway, regular rapid testing is even more important to make sure those efforts are not wasted.

“That’s why we’re now rolling out free rapid tests to everyone across England – helping us to stop outbreaks in their tracks – so we can get back to seeing the people we love, and doing the things we enjoy.”

Mr Johnson will also announce at a Downing Street press conference on Monday – to be held exactly a year to the day since he was taken into hospital with Covid-19 – that the next phase in lifting lockdown restrictions will go ahead from April 12, including reopening pubs and restaurants outdoors and non-essential shops.

The Prime Minister will also unveil plans for allowing foreign summer holidays from May 17, which are expected to outline a traffic light system with the lowest risk countries labelled green and travellers to those nations facing the least restrictions.

Trials of vaccine passports and test certificates to let people visit theatres, cinemas, sports grounds, nightclubs and music festivals this summer without social distancing will also be confirmed. The earliest of those events will rely heavily on testing rather than proof of vaccination.

As many as 384 million lateral flow testing kits have been ordered by the Government at a cost of more than £1.3 billion, with at least a further £900 million's worth of contracts in the pipeline.

The idea of mass testing as a way of tackling the pandemic was first floated last year by Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, as Operation Moonshot, which envisaged up to 10 million tests a day. The move will mark a significant ramping up from the current 1.2 million daily tests.

“As we reopen society and resume parts of life we have all dearly missed, regular rapid testing is going to be fundamental in helping us quickly spot positive cases and squash any outbreaks,” said Mr Hancock.

“The vaccine programme has been a shot in the arm for the whole country, but reclaiming our lost freedoms and getting back to normal hinges on us all getting tested regularly.

“The British public have shown over the last year that they quickly adapt and always do what is right in the interest of public health, and I know they will do their bit by getting tested regularly in the months ahead.”

More than 100,000 businesses in England have registered their interest in providing rapid tests to their employees, as companies are expected to use the tests to help bring staff back into work.

It could also mean employees may attempt to force companies to ensure their colleagues are taking the tests if they are sharing office space.

© Provided by The Telegraph Lateral flow tests Q&A

Rapid tests are already available to frontline NHS staff; care home workers, residents and visitors; and school pupils and their families, but will now be extended to everyone, irrespective of whether they are vaccinated or not.

The tests will help identify the one in three people who do not show any symptoms. They are credited with catching more than 120,000 positive cases that would not have otherwise been found.

They will be available online or in batches of seven from pharmacies to be administered at home, or could be taken in the workplace, at local authority community testing sites or PCR test sites.

The rollout is being accompanied by a tightening of test and trace rules.

All customers at hospitality venues will be required to check in using the Covid app, allowing the NHS to more easily contact anyone who may have been close to someone infected with the virus. Previously only one person from each group was required to register their attendance.

Anyone testing positive will have to self-isolate for 10 days unless their result is reversed by a PCR test. People alerted by test and trace to a contact with someone with a positive result will also have to quarantine for the same period.

Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser for NHS Test and Trace, said: “Rapid testing helps us find Covid-19 cases that we wouldn’t otherwise know about, helping to break chains of transmission.

“These tests are effective in detecting people that are infectious and therefore most likely to transmit infection to others. They are another tool we now have to help maintain lower infection rates.

“I encourage everyone to take up the offer of these free rapid tests – they are quick and easy to carry out in your own home.”

Take-up of the lateral flow tests could increase dramatically if they become required for entry to theatres, cinemas, sports grounds, nightclubs and music festivals as part of any certification scheme.

Mr Johnson will on Monday announce trials in which people will be able to go to events if they have had a vaccination, a negative test within 36 hours or if they had a positive test in the previous six months, giving them some immunity from Covid-19.

“The infrastructure of lateral flow tests would be helpful for that although they would have to be supervised. You could not accept home-tested lateral flow as proof of being negative for Covid. I would also caveat it by saying no final decisions have been taken,” said a government source.

Pubs and restaurants will initially be exempt from vaccine or test passports when they reopen for al fresco service on April 12. But ministers indicated that they had not ruled out the possibility of requiring certification for entry later in the summer, depending on Covid data.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the health minister announced that vaccinated people would soon have certain privileges, including travelling without quarantine, visiting hairdressers and shopping without further testing.

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