A ‘funny and loving’ 39-year-old social worker was found dead by her boyfriend while waiting for coronavirus test results. Natasha Ott, from New Orleans in the US, was discovered by her devastated partner Josh Anderson on her kitchen floor on Friday.
The HIV counsellor had been waiting to hear if she had the flu-like virus, after turning down a chance to be tested when she first fell ill to save kits for more vulnerable patients, the New Orleans Advertiser reports.
In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Josh explained how Natasha had been in ‘good health’ and begged others to take the pandemic seriously. “The time for joking about Covid-19 is over,” he says. “Now is the time to keep yourself, your loved ones, and everyone else safe.” He