A mum-of-five tragically died of coronavirus without meeting her newborn baby. Saiqa Parveen was struck by the virus eight months into her pregnancy and was hospitalised after falling seriously ill.
Doctors delivered her baby girl, Dua Maryam, as the unvaccinated 37-year-old, from Birmingham, was on a ventilator. Sadly, the much-loved mum never recovered and died on November 1. READ MORE: Man, 32, killed in horror crash as two young children and woman rushed to hospital She leaves behind devastated taxi driver husband Majid Ghafur, 40, and daughters Noor, aged 12, 11-year-old Imaan, Hibbah, eight and six-year-old Ayesha, and little Dua Maryam, BirminghamLive reports.