A 50-year-old man who was "shackled to life support machines" has been given a new lease of life after the first double lung transplant in the UK for complications due to a Covid-19 infection.Cesar Franco, a maintenance engineer at a five-star hotel in central London, caught Covid-19 just before Christmas last year.

A 50-year-old man who was "shackled to life support machines" has been given a new lease of life after the first double lung transplant in the UK for complications due to a Covid-19 infection.Cesar Franco, a maintenance engineer at a five-star hotel in central London, caught Covid-19 just before Christmas last year.