Michael Rosen 'very poorly but stable' after night in intensive care

Well-wishers send messages to the former children’s laureate, whose book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt has inspired a global teddy bear hunt for children in lockdown

Michael Rosen’s family has said that the poet, broadcaster and author, who is suffering from suspected coronavirus, is “very poorly at the moment” but is stable and alert after a night in intensive care.

Rosen, the author of beloved children’s books from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to Little Rabbit Foo Foo, has been charting his illness on Twitter in recent weeks.

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