Covid leaves children orphans
HIV/Aids destroyed family structures and now Covid-19 is doing the same. Young children are being left without a mother or father. In some cases, they’re being orphaned.
Sixteen-year-old Hadara Veeraragudu from Moorton in Chatsworth lost her mom on January 4 this year. Her mother, Dhanalutchmee Veeraragudu, 51, died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 and her remains were cremated at the Clare Estate Crematorium two days later.
Six days after the cremation, Hadara lost her father, Vernon Ian Veeraragudu, 54, who had also tested positive for Covid-19. He was cremated on Monday at Clare Estate Crematorium.
Hadara also tested positive for the virus but
