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7 years ago
Max Winters
in London
Max Winters

Presenter put into an induced coma after contracting malaria

British presenter Charlie Webster is in a Rio hospital after contracting a rare form of Malaria.

The 33-year-old former TV news anchor was put into an induced coma and is on a life support machine, according to reports.

Webster was one of Team GB's official presenters at the Olympics and was working alongside fellow ambassadors for a number of different broadcasters.

Webster travelled to the Brazilian city as part of a charity bike ride and cycled 3,000 miles from the UK to raise money for a cancer charity.

She then began to feel ill at the Opening Ceremony but put it down to dehydration. Her condition has now deteriorated.



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