UK based Zimbabwean family lose two family members in two weeks.
Mother on deathbed due to coronavirus.
Tragedy as Coronavirus claims two family members of Cheshire based Zimbabwean family. The family lost their father and sister to the pandemic in a space of two weeks, now their mother is battling for her life in hospital.
The grieving Gapare family lost their sister and father in the space of two weeks
“I can’t afford to breakdown now, my mum needs me.”
These are the heartbreaking words of a woman who has lost her sister and father to coronavirus.
The deadly pandemic has ravaged the UK as it records 129,044 cases and 17,337 deaths and Cheshire has taken its toll with over 1 800 positive cases and 285 deaths.
The Gapare family have lost a sister and a father and now their mum is in hospital with suspected Covid-19 symptoms.
28 year old Gillian Gapare passed away at her home in Cheshire on the morning of April 4.
She was described as a bubbly, bright and loving woman by her family.
“She would do everything and anything for her family,” said sister, Glenda, 24.
“She’s now gone but she is still my world, my support system, my best friend, my second mother even and she really felt the full force of how cruel this life is.”
Gillian, who suffered from neuropathic pain and lymphedema, tested positive for coronavirus after previously showing symptoms.
She was informed by NHS 111 to self-isolate and keep away from her mum Angelina Abigail, 55, and younger sister, Glory, 15.
But her symptoms worsened and she collapsed in her bedroom at the family’s Barnton home.
Glenda, who lives in Manchester, has told Cheshire Live of the devastating moment.
Mother tried to save her daughter
She said: “My little sister Glory was holding Gillian’s head up as mum began to do CPR until the paramedics came.
“But they couldn’t get her back.
“My mum carried on doing CPR even when the paramedics left and the coroner arrived – she was begging them not to take her.
“I spoke to Gillian that morning, she said she was ill but she downplayed it, she was laughing with me on the phone.”
A few days after the passing of their elder sister, their mother got sick and was admitted at Leighton Hospital.
As their mum entered hospital they learnt that their father, Guide Gapare, 56, who lives in Liverpool, had become extremely unwell and tragically lost his life.
“He died last night (April 20) in hospital, there was nothing we could do,” said Glenda.
The siblings revealed that their father was denied a ventilator as he was diagnosed of other underlying health conditions. They cannot give their deceased a decent farewell as funerals are limited to 10 people.