‘Selfish’ Brits use step ladder to break coronavirus lockdown rules and enter shut parks
SELFISH Brits used a ladder to climb into a closed park during lockdown - next to one of Britain's most overrun coronavirus hospitals.
The rule-breaking park-goers clambered over the walls to visit the grounds just yards from where doctors and nurses are fighting to save lives.
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"This is a small sacrifice for a short period of time and then life will get back to normal again but we have to protect everybody and we have to protect the NHS."
Dr Hepburn also revealed that he had been fighting the virus and warned about just "how sick this can make you".
He said: "I'd like to tell you that I got coronavirus from heroically looking after some of these patients but actually the reality is much more mundane.
"I think I probably caught this from contact with colleagues at work or possibly somebody out in the street before any of the coronavirus patients arrived on the intensive care unit.