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A British family is urging people to take social distancing
measures seriously after 17 of its members apparently caught the
coronavirus at the funeral of a relative who died of the
illness, according to a report.
Almost the entire extended family of Sheila Brooks, 86, who died
Feb. 9, attended her funeral two weeks ago � and within days,
her niece Susan Nelson, 65, who had no underlying health issues,
also died, South West News Service reported.
Before long, 16 other relatives fell ill, including Nelson�s
husband, daughter Amanda, 34, a niece and a great-uncle, after
attending the service in Yardley Wood, according to the news
outlet.
�It was my [great] aunt�s funeral so a lot of the wider family
were there,� said Amanda, who also suffers from Addison�s
disease, an adrenal insufficiency, and is isolating at home.
�She died back in February, but we have just had so many people
contract the virus that I can only think it was from then. We
now have someone else in our family in hospital that�s probably
not going to survive it,� she continued.
�My 21-year-old cousin has it, right the way up to a great-uncle
that is 88 and is showing some symptoms. It�s a whole section of
us, none of us seems to have been missed out of it just yet.
It�s a bit strange,� she said.
�I would say around 17 family members have been displaying
symptoms since going to that funeral. It�s hit young and old in
our family,� Amanda added.
�Our beautiful, caring mum was the center of the family. We are
a very close, large family and this has destroyed us.�
Nelson�s son Carl, 42, said she was admitted at Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in Birmingham on March 23.
�She was coughing a lot, very breathless and showing all the
traditional symptoms,� he said. �They said the next 48 hours
were critical before they called me back a few hours later to
say it was very close to the end and one member of the family
could be with her.
�Because I had none of the symptoms, I couldn�t go and my sister
was too unwell battling the illness herself,� he said. �People
can end up dying on their own. Fortunately, my dad Robert was
able to go and be with her when she died.�
Carl added: �We can�t have any other families to go through what
we are going through at the moment.
�It�s about getting the message out. It�s about seeing the faces
of loved ones and thinking this is real,� he added.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/family-of-17-reportedly-gets- coronavirus-after-attending-funeral/
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