National Post

WELL WISHES FOR VET WHO RAISED $41M

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bedford • Prime Minister boris Johnson was among the well-wishers from britain and beyond willing record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to pull through after the centenaria­n was admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

Moore, who raised more than us$41 million for health workers by walking 100 lengths of his garden during last year’s lockdown, was admitted to hospital after testing positive for the virus, his daughter said on Sunday.

“I spoke to the family last night, and all I can say is Captain Tom Moore has been an inspiratio­n to everybody in this country during this pandemic,” Johnson told reporters during a visit to northern england.

The World War Two veteran caught the public’s imaginatio­n in April, just before his 100th birthday, when he was filmed doing his sponsored walk with the help of a walking frame around his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 80 kms north of London.

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