For All Saints’ Day, victims of COVID-19 are remembered in Huancavelica

Huancavelicans will never be able to forget April 03, 2020, the date on which the region recorded the first death from COVID-19.

More than 2 years have passed since then, and yesterday, which was All Saints’ Day, we Huancavelicans remembered the victims who lost the fight against the fearsome virus.

VICTIMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS

On July 18, 2022, the Huancavelica Regional Health Directorate (DIRESA) issued its latest report on COVID-19 through its Facebook page, with 858 people dying in the region to date. cause of the coronavirus.

By province, the registry of deceased is: Huancavelica (404 dead), Tayacaja (150), Angaraes (109), Acobamba (107), churcampa (44), Huaytará (26) and Castrovirreyna (18).

With this in mind, and since yesterday was All Saints’ Day, the residents remember the deceased.

“The first year was the hardest. There was no vaccine and people died without being able to do anything after getting infected. COVID-19 took family, friends, and acquaintances,” said Fernando Clemente, Huancavelica counselor.

“Death was close to everyone, many of us managed to overcome it, but others lost to the coronavirus. Now we have to remember them with love and respect”, said Teobaldo Quispe, Huancavelica counselor.

Among the people who should be remembered with respect are the health personnel who worked on the front line of care and who, unfortunately, were infected and died.

Among them is the doctor Jannet Yanina Ayala Ramos, who died on August 10, 2020, after she became infected while working caring for COVID patients. “The doctor is the example that should be followed at the service of the population, at the care of patients,” said Javier Correa, director of the Huancavelica hospital.

Also, the athlete Roberto Montes Huamaní, karate sensei, lost the fight against COVID-19 and passed away on September 28, 2020. “His students are the legacy that the sensei leaves in this world for posterity,” said Victoria Tupia (38).

And in the same way to Roberto Carlos Vilcahuamán de la Cruz, former prosecutor of the Huancavelica commune. The former official died on November 6, 2020 due to the coronavirus. “The municipality had to continue serving little by little. The death of all those who died from COVID-19 is unfortunate,” said Ángel Onocc, current attorney for the municipality of Huancavelica.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE: Kidnapper tries to pass himself off as an evangelical pastor

Like them, hundreds of Huancavelicans died and are now remembered.