Just a month after COVID-19 hit Western NSW, entire communities have been exposed, with one matriarch saying the virus has had a devastating impact on her loved ones.
Just a month after COVID-19 hit Western NSW, entire families have already been devastated, with one family reporting 40 members infected with the virus.Indigenous communities in Western NSW recorded their first COVID case in Walgett on August 11Three have died with COVID in the region this outbreak, all of them First Nations people
All three Western New South Wales COVID deaths have been First Nations people, including a man in his 60s from Dubbo, a woman in her 70s from Enngonia, and a man in his 50s from Dubbo. Ngemba woman Catherine Cubby tested positive for COVID-19 in Bourke last month and said more than 40 members of her family were now infected."I'd encourage them to get vaccinated."The Bourke resident, who had to isolate at home for three weeks, said it was devastating being unable to help sick family members, with five of her relatives requiring hospitalisation.
"My brother was the healthiest one of the lot of us and now he can't walk. He's still struggling to breathe," she said."The emotional toll is draining. I've got very good family and friends that have been checking up on me and calling me," she said."You think about when you'll reunite with your family again. It's very emotional. I miss my grandchildren. My four-year-old grandson normally sleeps with me every night.""Don't blame anyone.
"Communication is the critical part. If we don't get that right — and we haven't got that right — we get the chaos we've got," he said.
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