#NextStopZero: UAE-based family loses sole breadwinner to Covid-19

#NextStopZero: UAE-based family loses sole breadwinner to Covid-19

The family of a paramedic has appealed to residents to follow all safety rules after losing their 63-year-old father - their sole breadwinner - to Covid-19.

Mohamed Eissa and his five siblings are still grieving their father's death but they have to stay strong - as their mother, a breast cancer patient, is also fighting the virus.

"After the death of our father, life has become difficult. We are praying continuously for God to help us," Mohamed, a fresh graduate from a dentistry college, told Khaleej Times.

Their father, Eissa Mohammed Eissa, was a pharmacist who served as a first responder when the pandemic struck. He worked tirelessly to help the Covid patients who had been admitted in a quarantine centre.

"He