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Coronavirus Kent: Sheppey and Sittingbourne medics sing to lift spirits and spread virus awareness

Two medics have taken to social media to lift spirits and spreading the message against coronavirus.

Emergency care support worker Rebecca Moody, 29, and paramedic Emma Howard, 40, shared a video of them singing over the 1980s hit Don't Stop Believin' by Journey.

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The pair were based at Sheppey Ambulance Station when they made the video after finishing a 12-hour night shift together on Tuesday.

The pals wrote fresh lyrics while in between jobs and recorded them singing in the ambulance before staying after their shifts to film the video.

Since it was posted yesterday, it has been seen more than 290,000 times and received 5,000 shares on Facebook.

Rebecca, who is from Kemsley, near Sittingbourne, said: "Staff morale has been low and we've been really busy in general so we wanted to make ourselves feel better.

Rebecca Moody, left, with colleague Emma Howard
Rebecca Moody, left, with colleague Emma Howard

"We didn't think it'd go this mental online and we thought it would only be our work colleagues, friends and family who would see it.

"We've had so many comments and they're all positive and it's just been really nice.

"It's good because we did it to raise everyone's spirits. We weren't playing the situation down at all but we deal with this everyday so we wanted to be silly for five minutes.

"Stay safe and well, we'll all get through this hopefully soon and things can return to normal."

The pair have been working 12-hour shifts in response to the outbreak but they are determined to fight on.

"It's one of them things, you kind of just have to get on with it," Rebecca added.

"Everyone we work with is a big family and the support we're all getting here is incredible."

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