A former police officer is thought to be the British youngest fatal victim of the coronavirus pandemic. Nick Matthews, 59, was rushed to hospital having suffered breathing difficulties on Thursday.
His devastated wife Mary, 55, called him her "soul mate" and her "best friend". The rest of her family, of Nailsea, North Somerset, are in isolation.
The death toll in the UK has now rocketed to 35 , an increase of more than 50% in 24 hours. Mary, who had two children with Nick, said: "Today at 3am I lost my life partner and soul mate but most of all my best friend. "At no point did I realise how serious it was, even when we all had to gown up in the hospital, I just thought it was overcaution – as far as we were concerned we hadn’t been in
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