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‘He didn’t get to say goodbye to his mom’: COVID-19 leaves Peel Region teen orphaned
COVID-19 pandemic has claimed many lives and has had a devastating ripple effect on loved ones left behind.One young teen in Peel Region is experiencing it first hand after losing his mother to the virus on April 17, leaving him an orphan.“Losing your parent at any age is difficult. Losing both by the age of 13 is just unfathomable,” said Mariam Nouser, the cousin-in-law of Mazen Kamel.The Grade 7 student was the only child of 46-year-old Dalia Aly, who family say contracted COVID-19 from a friend back in March.