The family of a frontline worker who died a week after contracting Covid-19 has appealed to people to take the virus seriously.
60-year-old healthcare assistant Mariter Tarugo died in St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin on Christmas Eve. Nice Marie Tarugo, who worked alongside her mother as a healthcare assistant in the same hospital, told RTÉ News that the loss of her mother was "life-changing" for her family and it was hard to accept that people are not taking the virus seriously.
The 32-year-old, Mariter's only child, said her mother had been worried about contracting Covid-19 and spreading it to her family, but said she was a devoted worker who loved her job. "She's the type of person who never stops working really, doesn't even know how