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Captain Sir Tom Moore couldn’t get his Covid vaccine due to the medication he was taking for pneumonia (Picture: PA/@captaintommoore)

Captain Sir Tom Moore could not be vaccinated before he caught coronavirus because he was taking medication for pneumonia, his family has revealed.

The Second World War veteran, who won the nation’s hearts as he raised millions for the NHS by walking laps of his garden when the country first locked down due to coronavirus, was admitted to hospital yesterday.

Captain Sir Tom, 100, would have been one of the first Brits to receive the jab, but was not allowed to travel to his local vaccination centre.

A spokesman for Sir Tom’s family told the BBC that he had not yet received a Covid-19 vaccine because of the medication he has been taking for pneumonia.

Another told the Mirror that ‘because of the medication he was taking for his pneumonia he couldn’t have the Covid jab’, adding: ‘Everyone is sending positive thoughts his way.’

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Captain Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore released a statement on Sunday saying her dad tested positive for coronavirus last week while being treated for the lung condition.

She said that the medical care he had received had been ‘remarkable’ and his family knew ‘the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully return home as soon as possible’.

The NHS hero raised a total of £32.7 million after vowing to walk 100 laps of his garden before he turned 100 years old (Picture: PA)

The grandfather raised a total of £32.7 million after vowing to walk 100 laps of his garden before he turned 100 years old in April 2020.

Captain Sir Tom’s efforts were acknowledged when the Queen’s first official engagement in person after lockdown lifted was to knight him in an outdoor ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sir Tom’s ‘heroic efforts have lifted the spirits of the entire nation’, the Duke of Cambridge praised him as a ‘one-man fundraising machine’ and he even released a charity single.

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2021-02-01 09:39:00Z
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