One of UK’s oldest twins dies of Covid days before vaccine letter arrives

One of Britain’s oldest twins has died of Covid-19 after she and her sister caught the virus at the beginning of January.

Doris Hobday, 96, died on 5 January, just days after testing positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus, and just two days before a letter arrived at her home in Tipton, West Midlands, inviting her for her first dose of coronavirus vaccine.

Her sister, Lil Cox, spent two weeks in hospital on oxygen, antibiotics and steroids, but survived, their family said.