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Sunday, 31 January 2021 (YJC)_ Captain Sir Tom Moore is admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid as family reveal.
Captain Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, his family have revealed.
He has suffered with pneumonia over the 'past few weeks', his daughter Hannah revealed in a statement, and last week also tested positive for coronavirus.
The 100-year-old was admitted to Bedford Hospital in Bedfordshire today after requiring 'help with his breathing'. He is not in intensive care, his family added.
It is unclear if Captain Tom has had the coronavirus vaccine.
The statement, posted on his Twitter page, read: 'I wanted to update everybody that today (Sunday 31 January) my father was admitted to hospital.
'Over the last few weeks he was being treated for pneumonia and last week tested positive for Covid-19.
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