Fabiana Zoppelli, Schoolgirl

19Oct

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Neighbors, United Kingdom

Fabiana Zoppelli, Schoolgirl

Fabiana Zopelli, Schoolgirl A 12-year-old girl who 'was a friend to everyone' and 'had a smile that lit up every room she entered' passed away just days following the development of complications linked to Covid-19, an inquest heard. Fabiana Zoppelli, who had the rare genetic disorder floating-harbor syndrome, contracted a 'minor cough' on June 1 before falling seriously ill with the virus last year. The schoolgirl's mother, Itohan Ehiggie had called doctors on June 3 after Fabiana developed a rash and started vomiting and she was taken to the A&E department at the Royal Oldham Hospital. After Fabiana, who was described as a 'generally healthy' child, tested positive for Covid on June 5, a decision was made to transfer the schoolgirl to Manchester Children's Hos...

18Oct

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Neighbors, Sad But True, United States

Victor Mercado, Bronx Prisoner

A Bronx man who was being held at the Rikers Island jail complex passed away on Friday following, his lawyer said, he contracted the coronavirus — the 13th death in custody during an especially deadly year in New York City’s jails. The man, Victor Mercado had been held on weapons charges since July after not being able to pay the $100,000 bail a Bronx judge set in his case when he fell ill last week, his lawyer, James A. Kilduff said. Mr. Kilduff said he had asked the judge to lower the bail last month, arguing that his client’s poor health — Mr. Mercado used a wheelchair and was overweight — made him especially susceptible to the virus. “I explained the family had limited resources, and they left the bail conditions as it was,” Mr. Kilduff said on Friday after learning of Mr...

15Oct

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Colombia, Neighbors

James Strozyk, Police Officer

Officer James Strozyk A Police officer with the Columbus Division of Police has passed away after contracting COVID-19, the division announced on Thursday. Officer James Strozyk, 49 years old, died due to complications of an illness while fighting COVID-19. Strozyk had been with the division since the year 2004. He spent his entire 17-year term of his career serving Columbus. "He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Officer Strozyk’s commitment and dedication to his division and the community is a tremendous loss that will not be filled," the Division of Police said on Facebook. Last month, the Columbus Division of Fire lost firefighter Frank Duff to the virus as well. Fuqua did confirm that Strozyk's death is the first within the division related to complicatio...

4Jul

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Neighbors, Profiles, Uganda

Hajj Nulu Ssemakula, polygamist

Polygamist Hajj Nulu Ssemakula Polygamist Hajj Nulu Ssemakula alias Nuuhu fathered 115 children, but barely half of them could make it to his funeral, when he passed away on July 1 at age 96 in his home of Omurusa village, Nyanga parish, Rubaare Sub County in Ntungamo District in Uganda. Ssemakula passed away at Amazing Grace Health Centre in Ntunagmo town after his blood pressure rose high. However, 64 of his children managed to attend funeral ceremony, while the remaining could not manage to make it due to Covid-19 movement restrictions announced by President Museveni last month. The attendees also included about 200 grandchildren, six wives, several relatives and religious leaders, who attended the ceremony-- despite the government restriction of limiting the number of mourner...

28Jun

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

M.A. Momin, calligraphist

Urdu writer and Calligraphy expert M.A. Momin passed away in Hubballi on June 27 following COVID-19 related complications. He was 72. Momin -- a recipient of the Karnataka Urdu Academy award – was renowned for his Nizamat or anchoring Urdu Shayari sessions across North Karnataka districts. Besides frequently organizing Urdu learning training courses for non-native Urdu speakers, Momin used to also conduct calligraphy training sessions for school and college students. He was also an active member of Idara Farogh-e-Urdu Hubli, a literary organisation.

27Jun

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Vandana Mishra, entrepreneur

Vandana Mishra, chairperson of women’s wing in the local chapter of the Indian Industries Association, died of Covid-19 complications while being stuck in traffic in Kanpur on June 25. She was 50. The incident occurred when the local police set up many diversions across the city for movement of President Ram Nath Kovind’s convoy. Mishra had complained of nausea and vomiting and was going to a private hospital when she got stuck in traffic between the Nand Lal intersection and Govindpuri fly. An ADCP level officer would be investigating this incident, Kanpur Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) B B G T S Murthy stated even as the Kanpur Police Commissionerate apologized on Twitter for the death of Mishra. “Kanpur City Police and I personally seek forgiveness for ...

14Sep

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Xavier Rego, policeman

Xavier Rego, an Indian policeman, passed away from Covid-19 on Sunday morning (September 13, 2020). The 53-year-old inspector, who was attached to Vakola police station and had recently been hospitalized after a minor road accident, was not on duty and was recovering. As per the protocol, samples were collected for a Covid test, which came out positive later on Sunday. A 1993 batch police inspector, Rego was earlier attached to Borivali police station as a Police Inspector (Crime) before being transferred to Dindoshi police station a few months ago. According to sources, Rego was involved in a road accident a fortnight ago and had sustained minor injuries and a hand fracture. After this accident, however, Rego was recovering and recuperating from the injuries. During h...

13Sep

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Mark Ivester, educationist

Mark Ivester, the president of North Georgia Technical College, died on September 12, 2020, from COVID-19. Gov. Brian Kemp said in a post on Twitter that he, first lady Marty Kemp and their daughters “are praying for the loved ones, colleagues, and community” of Ivester following his death. The pandemic has spread less severely in North Georgia, except in the Habersham County area, where the college is located, according to state Department of Public Health data assembled by the AJC. According to the Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Ivester, 57, died Saturday at Northeast Georgia Health System’s hospital in Braselton. He became ill on Aug. 5, was hospitalized on Aug. 16, and spent a month in intensive care, according to the website Nowhabersham.com.

10Aug

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Pauldurai, policeman

Pauldurai, a special sub-inspector of police in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district and one of the 10 police personnel arrested in the custodial deaths of a father-son duo, died of Covid-19 in Madurai in the early hours of August 10, 2020, reported ANI. Pauldurai was admitted to the Government Rajaji Hospital on July 24 after he tested positive for the coronavirus. He had contracted the infection during his stay at the Madurai Central Prison. The 56-year-old police officer had “uncontrolled diabetes”, reported The Hindu. On Friday, Pauldurai’s wife had complained that the health condition of her husband was deteriorating. Mangayar Thilagam and other family members had petitioned the Thoothukudi superintendent of police for special medical care for him. ...

Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

2Aug

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

Jairo Bravo, a man who worked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, died on August 1, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. He is believed to be the first employee of Miami-Dade’s County’s detention system lost to the virus. Jairo Bravo, 48, worked at TGK for less than a year. Before that, he spent three years with the Florida Department of Corrections. His family lives outside of the country and is trying to get to Miami. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming. Local10.com