British teacher, 26, faces costly battle with cancer while under strict Covid ban in China

Matty Read's hopes of making money for a house have been dashed and he now finds himself in serious financial trouble as his medical insurance does not cover not rare cancer treatment

Matty Read, 26, from Liverpool, moved to Luoyang, central China, in August 2021 (

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A British teacher faces a costly battle with cancer while under strict lockdown in China.

Matty Read, 26, from Liverpool, moved to Luoyang with his girlfriend Lucy Edge in August 2021 in the hope that the money they earned teaching English could help with bail. a house.

But the couple found themselves under strict confinement due to an increase in the number of people with Covid-19.

They received another blow in September when Read was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma - a cancer of the lymph nodes that mainly affects people between the ages of 20 and 40.

Matty was diagnosed with cancer in September (

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Matty Read)

Read's hopes of earning money for a house have been dashed and he now finds himself in serious financial trouble as his medical insurance does not cover treatment for the rare cancer, reports the Liverpool Echo

A fundraiser was set up by his friend Rob Schenck to raise £10,000 for his treatment. From Saturday, December 10.

On the page, Schenck said, "I myself was diagnosed with testicular cancer in May this year, and I was extremely lucky to have the wonderful free care and chemotherapy treatment. that the NHS provides, but Matty wasn't so lucky.”

Read's mum Nicola, 53, said: "It's been awful. It's been very stressful for him and his family, not being able to hold him, reassure him and say 'it's going to be okay.'

"You can FaceTime, but it's not...