Kate Garraway was seen arriving at work wearing a face mask on Thursday, after revealing her children were able to visit their ill father Derek Draper for the first time.
The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, wrapped up warm in a black faux fur coat, as she arrived for her Smooth Radio segment at Global Radio in London.
The mother-of-two was laden with luggage as she pulled along a small suitcase and carried a selection of parcels in her hand, while also toting a handbag.
Here she is: Kate Garraway was seen arriving at work wearing a face mask on Thursday, after revealing her children were able to visit their ill father Derek Draper for the first time
TV personality Kate was wearing a stylish star print dress teamed with a pair up white zip detail boots and her blonde hair was styled in loose waves.
Last week Kate told how her two children, Billy, 11, and Darcey, 14, finally got to visit their father Derek in hospital after 10 months recovering from COVID-19.
Derek is still in intensive care after the virus ‘wreaked havoc’ on his body last March.
She admitted the family reunion was ‘heightened with emotion’ as her kids, saw how Derek was ‘very changed’ by his battle with the virus, after spending a ‘tough’ Christmas without him.
Kate also revealed that due to the government’s new lockdown she’s now banned from visiting her husband, saying she hopes it won’t continue as her absence could be ‘very impactful’ on Derek’s slow recovery.
High spirits: The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, wrapped up warm in a black faux fur coat, as she arrived for her Smooth Radio segment at Global Radio in London
Speaking on GMB, Kate reflecting on her first Christmas without Derek, telling Ben Shephard: ‘It was tough. I knew it was going to be tough. ‘There was a lovely moment which we did have.
‘We did get to see Derek and the children did, which is the first time they’ve been able to do that. So that was amazing.’
Kate admitted it came as a shock to her two children seeing Derek for the first time in almost 10 months, as he looked very different to when he was first admitted.
She continued: ‘It was very heightened with emotion, because he’s very changed.
Travelling light? The mother-of-two was laden with luggage as she pulled along a small suitcase and carried a selection of parcels in her hand, while also toting a handbag
‘So all the routines that we’d normally do, it was one of those moments that it was so wonderful but also it amplified how sad everything was. And how different it is.
‘But it was still fantastic, and we’re very grateful to have had that opportunity.’
Derek remains in critical condition but has made minor improvements since he was first admitted to hospital in March. He managed to utter the word ‘pain’ in October, which marked the first time he had spoken following his medical coma.
A day later, Kate spoke about how the nation feels ‘fatigued’ after being plunged into a third lockdown, with Covid cases rising daily.
Fashion: TV personality Kate was wearing a stylish star print dress teamed with a pair up white zip detail boots and her blonde hair was styled in loose waves
Kate said even though the news of the vaccine roll out is promising, parents, businesses and those who have lost jobs are ‘on their knees’.
The presenter told Dr Hilary Jones: ‘I wonder if there is a fatigue, I think that’s hitting home, people are on their knees, they are so tired, they are so down, there is no light.
‘Even though we hear about the vaccine first of all we all thought we would be sorted, the numbers and the delivery is looking so promising, but then maybe it’s February half term, children go back to school. Now it’s after Easter.
At last: Last week Kate told how her two children, Billy, 11, and Darcey, 14, finally got to visit their father Derek in hospital after 10 months recovering from COVID-19
‘People are just low, not the people who are being irresponsible, and I wonder if people just can’t go on any more.’
To which Dr Hilary said: ‘It’s hard, I know that, people are stuck at home, they are home schooling, they are worried about their loved ones, they are frustrated they can’t socialise or go out.’
Kate said people are also worried about money after being made redundant or receiving pay cuts due to being furloughed.
Difficult: The presenter admitted the reunion was ‘heightened with emotion’ as her kids saw how Derek was ‘very changed’ by his battle with the virus (pictured in December 2019)
Dr Hilary, urged people to follow the rules instead of the ‘hypocritical clapping in the street’, as he replied: ‘The reality is that we are in a modern contagion, which is liable to spread even further unless we drill down on this and get it under control.
‘I think that when people feel tired and exhausted, they should just think of the NHS frontline staff who are even more tired, and they have been dong this for more than a year, it’s not just a six week lockdown, it’s permanent.
‘They have worked through the first wave, second wave and now the third wave with no end in sight.’And now they are being asked to do the vaccinations, and more and more and more.
‘What they want people to do is not to come out and clap in the streets, but just to adhere to the lockdown guidelines which are sensible and they all agree with.’
Slowly: Derek remains in critical condition but has made minor improvements since he was first admitted to hospital in March (he is pictured with Kate in December 2019)