Woman loses four family members to coronavirus in less than two weeks and they won’t get funerals
A WOMAN has lost four family members to the coronavirus in less than two weeks – and none of them will get funerals.
Kathy Roman, from New York City, was heartbroken that her family members were forced to “die alone”.
“There’s no words to explain how four family members can be gone just like that, so fast,” Roman told Fox News.
“They didn’t deserve to die alone. It is painful. It really is.”
In late March, Roman’s family was hit hard by COVID-19 as two of her uncles lost their battle with the virus.
Days later, another uncle passed, followed by the death of her grandmother.
Now, Roman has been left questioning how her family members came to contact with the virus – especially her elderly grandmother who was isolating at home.
“How did they catch it? Who gave it to them? We don’t know,” she told Fox.
“My grandmother stays home. She’s a senior; she didn’t go anywhere so I don’t know how she caught it.”
Speaking about how she discovered that her loves ones had passed, she added: “Family was just calling, putting stuff on social media. That’s how we found it.”
Due to social distancing guidelines, her family were not able to say goodbye to their relatives and won’t be able to hold funerals for them.
However, the toll that the coronavirus has taken on Roman’s family has not finished yet – as her sister, Evelyn Perez, is currently in intensive care.
Perez, a special needs teacher, is currently in hospital with a tracheotomy.
“She’s very tough, and smart,” Roman told the outlet.
“I just want my sister to get better, that’s all. I want her to pull through this.”
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The coronavirus has devastated the United States, having killed at least 68,581 Americans.
The country currently has a total of 1,187,510 confirmed cases.
However, 178,263 have recovered from the disease.