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BBC,12 mins

"I lost my wife of 50 years to the Coronavirus"

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Last year Allen Pattrick and his wife Jenny celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. On Tuesday 31st March Allen was forced to say goodbye when his wife passed away after contracting Covid 19. In the middle of his grief he wrote a letter to his neighbours warning of the dangers. BBC Radio Berkshire's Bridgitte Tetteh has been finding why.

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