Chesterfield NHS couple's fun social distancing video has vital message in fight against coronavirus

A Chesterfield NHS couple have produced a fun, family video to promote the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus crisis.
Tim Paget
By Tim Paget
Published 23rd Mar 2020, 17:00 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2020, 16:18 BST
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Dominique, a paediatric nurse at King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in Ashfield, and Drew, a paramedic in Nottinghamshire, said they wanted to encourage people in a fun way.

And they drafted in their children Zachary, eight, and Francesca, six, to help get the message across.

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Paramedic and nurse Drew and Dominique, from Chesterfield, have produced a video to promote social distancing.Paramedic and nurse Drew and Dominique, from Chesterfield, have produced a video to promote social distancing.
Paramedic and nurse Drew and Dominique, from Chesterfield, have produced a video to promote social distancing.

Dominique said: “We have children ourselves so we want to protect our family, our work colleagues and the general public.”

Their message is: “We go to work for you so you stay at home for us.”

People across the country were moved by a video of York nurse Dawn Bilbrough and her despair at the empty supermarket shelves she was confronted with after a 48-hour shift tackling coronavirus.

The couple live in Chesterfield and asked if we could not use their surname.

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