COVID-19 shortly after losing her mother to the virus is pleading with Manitobans to take the pandemic seriously.Jenn Lambert’s 80-year-old mother, Elizabeth Olah, died just days after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.
Manitoba automates some coronavirus contact tracing, 12 deaths reported Tuesday Lambert says she wants to share her family’s story to bring some perspective to the otherwise nameless list victims of the virus read off at daily press conferences, and help Manitobans understand the real impact of COVID-19.“I didn’t want people to think that just because she was 80 … that she would just be a statistic,” Lambert said this week.“My mom still had a lot of life to live.”Olah, who was living in an assisted living.