‘Get Well’ Messages Pour in for UK’s Captain Tom, 100, in Hospital With COVID

‘Get Well’ Messages Pour in for UK’s Captain Tom, 100, in Hospital With COVID
Captain Sir Tom Moore smiles as he launches his autobiography book 'Tomorrow will be a Good Day' at his home in Milton Keynes, Britain, on Sept. 17, 2020. Dylan Martinez/Reuters
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BEDFORD, England—Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among a host of well-wishers from Britain and beyond willing record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to pull through after the centenarian was admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

An ambulance rides in front of Bedford Hospital as Britain's centenarian fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore is taken to a hospital after testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during treatment for pneumonia, in Bedford, Britain, on Feb. 1, 2021. (Andrew Boyers/Reuters)
An ambulance rides in front of Bedford Hospital as Britain's centenarian fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore is taken to a hospital after testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during treatment for pneumonia, in Bedford, Britain, on Feb. 1, 2021. Andrew Boyers/Reuters