Covid-19 guidelines after losing her mum and dad to the virus within 29 hours. Wendi Smith was devastated after parents John, 78, and Elizabeth Ann Smith, 77, who “couldn’t live without each other” died a little over a day apart.
Her mum, who was known as Ann, had been caring for her husband who had a number of health problems including Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when she began to feel unwell.
She developed a sore throat and when her temperature began to rise she was rushed to Sunderland Royal Hospital on the morning of September 19, the Chronicle Live reports.