Rory Kinnear has paid an emotional tribute to his sister, who died of coronavirus at the age of just 48. Karina Kinnear contracted the deadly Covid-19 earlier this month and, because of her disabilities, was considered particularly high-risk.
She was quickly hospitalised with stomach, lung and kidney problems, but before long the virus spread through her body. Her devastated family could do nothing but wait for news, as they were banned from seeing her in hospital.
Karina succumbed to the coronavirus days later, and her family were forced to say goodbye over FaceTime. Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday morning, Rory read from the eulogy he'd penned for the Guardian when he'd confirmed Karina's tragic death. "A nurse,