Ontario Premier Doug Ford walks to a press conference at Queen s Park in Toronto on Friday, April 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
TORONTO – A 13-year-old girl’s death from COVID-19 at her home in Brampton, Ont., while her mother lay in hospital with the disease sparked an outpouring of grief, anger and community generosity on Monday.
The girl, Emily Viegas, died last Thursday after her father, an essential warehouse worker, reportedly tried to care for her in the family apartment because he worried the overburdened local hospital would transfer her to a facility far from home.
Premier Doug Ford, who has come under scathing criticism for his past refusal to implement paid sick leave for essential workers, expressed condolences for the “terrible loss of this young life.” He called it a “heart-wrenching and a devastating reminder” of the what the virus can do.
COVID-19 death of 13-year-old girl sparks grief, anger, generosity
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Lost for words: Grief, anger, generosity after COVID-19 kills of Ontario girl, 13
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COVID-19 death of girl, 13, in Brampton, Ont., sparks grief, anger, generosity
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 26, 2021 1:29 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 26, 2021 at 1:44 pm EDT
Ontario Premier Doug Ford walks to a press conference at Queen s Park, in Toronto, Friday, April 16, 2021. Ontario is extending its stay-at-home order to six weeks, restricting interprovincial travel and limiting outdoor gatherings in an effort to fight a losing battle with COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
TORONTO A 13-year-old girl’s death from COVID-19 at her home in Brampton, Ont., while her mother lay in hospital with the disease sparked an outpouring of grief, anger and community generosity on Monday.
Premier Doug Ford, who has come under scathing criticism for his past refusal to implement paid sick leave for essential workers, expressed condolences for the terrible loss of this young life. He called it a heart-wrenching and a devastating reminder of the what the virus can do. My heart breaks for this family, Ford, who is in quarantine after a staffer tested positive, said in a statement. I can t imagine the unbearable pain and sorrow they are feeling right now. According to the Globe and Mail newspaper, Emily had for a week been showing symptoms similar to those that had put her mother in hospital. Her vaccinated father, the family bread winner, feared the hospital would be unable to treat his daughter and opted to keep her at home where her brother also lives and tried to nurse her back to health.