Image source, Juliet Coffer

The husband of a vulnerable woman who called for the roll out of a Covid drug for people with weakened immune systems, said she would have been disappointed by the government's decision not to recommend it.

Juliet Coffer, from Hartley Wintney, had a severe lung condition and had been shielding since the end of 2019.

Before she died in August, she was living in one room and had to sleep at her desk.

She did not die with Covid.

Her husband Gary Coffer said: "If Juliet had access to Evusheld should would have definitely taken it - but it might not have been enough to convince her to go outside.

"But there are certainly other immunosuppressed people who would have benefited from that safety net and the thought that this could actually protect them."

Last month, the government confirmed its decision not to supply Evusheld in the UK.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said in a statement: "There is not enough evidence of its effectiveness against current variants and those likely to be circulating in the next six months."

The watchdog said it understood the decision would "be disappointing", adding : "We are developing a process to monitor real world data and re-evaluate the medicines as needed against the data in a faster way."

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The drug was approved for use in March 2022 but was re. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk.

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