It happened in Mexico. A survivor agreed to the interview with local media so that everyone is aware and cared for and protected from the disease.
In an unusual event almost an entire family died from COVID-19 infection. It happened in the municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli, City of Mexico.
According to local media, as a newspaper The Millennium, it all started a few months ago when an uncle far from the family died of coronavirus and a large number of relatives attended the funeral and sailing, having no real awareness of what they were being exposed to.
“I haven’t even had time to cry, I’m almost speechless. My mother died early, my father is still sick at home and my sister has already managed to get ahead. I don’t know where I can get strength to continue,” he said. express José Martín Chávez Enríquez, 32, always daily the Millennium.
A total of 16 people were members of this family who died due to the Covid-19.
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“Many relatives became infected and over time the virus wiped out, wiped out almost the whole family, they got sick until they died. My mother was 62 years old, she was cremated and I have her remains. at home because he gave me almost no time to go to the cemetery, “the relative added.
Chávez Enríquez confessed that he also went to the funeral of the family member, but that he was one of the few who did not become infected, so it was his turn to see how his loved ones died slowly in the middle of the their impotence to help them.
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He also assured the Mexican media that “he agreed to the interview because his goal is for everyone to find out and raise awareness so that they can be cared for and protected from this disease, which is not a game.”
While the fact happened last year, it was until this week that Chávez Enríquez spoke to the media about the facts.
Mexico is the fourth country in the world with the most deaths accumulated by COVID-19.