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‘Stop hoarding and stay at home,’ woman with coronavirus urges public from her hospital bed
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A WOMAN hospitalised for almost a week with suspected coronavirus has urged people to stay at home and stop panic buying. 

Delia Colwill, from Berkshire, was taken into hospital on Tuesday after showing symptoms of coronavirus. The 47-year-old suffers from a spinal cord injury that affects her nervous system and has chronic pain.

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