Covid: Daughter of Oxfordshire man urges caution

David Allum died on 15 July after suffering a cardiac arrest after having Covid-19

The daughter of a man who died after complications from Covid-19 has urged people to take precautions even if they have had both vaccine doses.

Jade Allum's father, David, died in hospital, aged 58, on 15 July. He had been double-jabbed.

He was admitted to hospital as a precaution when his oxygen levels dropped. Shortly afterwards he suffered a cardiac arrest as a result of Covid, his family told the BBC.

Ms Allum is urging people to keep wearing masks and take regular tests.

"They resuscitated him a couple of times but it just wasn't working," said Ms Allum, from from Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

"He was on 100% oxygen and he just couldn't breathe for himself.

"So that's when they called us in to come and say goodbye. We got there at half nine maybe, and by 22:00, that was it, he was gone."

Mr Allum - with his wife Nancy - had started to feel better the day before he was hospitalised

Ms Allum said her family had "100% faith" in the coronavirus vaccines and felt that her father "is just one of those unfortunate people who still suffered badly with it".

"We're not begging the government to go back into another lockdown," she added.

"We want our life back as much as everybody else does but there are little things that we could be doing to keep each other safe."

She added: "I really think wearing a mask in a shop if you're not exempt is so easy. It's no hassle.

"I know it's a little bit uncomfortable but if you think that's going to save your life, or your mum's life, or your auntie's life, or someone you don't know, it's such an easy thing to do.

"You can still go to the pub, you can still see your friends, you can still do lateral flow tests if you're busy."

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