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Brit stranded on remote island for two months in coronavirus castaway drama

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Natalie Poole arrived on the remote island of Kyun Pila in Myanmar on March 19 and planned to spend the next month working as a volunteer to help protect a coral reef - but then coronavirus hit.

The 35-year-old, from Ashburton in Devon, is now trapped in a real life castaway drama after her only boat off the island was cancelled as Myanmar and nearby Thailand both went into lockdown.

For the last two months, Natalie and four other volunteers have been forced to survive almost without any aid in one of the world's most remote locations.

Natalie and her fellow volunteers were due to be rescued on May 5 but were left devastated again when their boat was cancelled after Thailand extended its lockdown.

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