16 family members die in Covid-19 after attending the funeral of an infected uncle News from El Salvador

In an unusual event, almost an entire family died from COVID-19 infection. It happened in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico City.

According to local media, as a newspaper The Millennium, It all started a few months ago, when a distant uncle of the family died of coronavirus and a large number of relatives attended the funeral and the candlelight, without any real awareness of what they were exposed to.

“I didn’t even have time to cry, I’m a little surprised. My mother died the day before, I still have my sick father at home and my sister has already managed to get through. I don’t know where I have the strength to continue “, said José Martín Chávez Enríquez, 32, millennium.

In all, 16 members of that family died of Covid-19.

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“Many family members were infected and, over time, the virus was eliminated, almost destroying the whole family, they got sick until they died. My mother was 62 years old, I cremated her and I have her remains at home because I hardly had time to go to the cemetery “, added the relative.

Chávez Enríquez confessed that he also went to the relative’s funeral, but that he was one of the few who did not become infected, so he had to see how his loved ones died slowly in the midst of his helplessness to help them.

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He also assured the Mexican press that “he agreed with the interview, because his goal is for all people to find out and be aware so that they can take care of themselves and protect themselves from this disease, which is not a game. ”.

Although the event took place last year, until this week Chávez Enríquez spoke to the media about what happened.

Mexico is the fourth country in the world with the most deaths accumulated by COVID-19.