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Lynn Love & Ryan Merrifield

Family ripped apart by coronavirus as three members die from killer bug

Coronavirus has torn a family apart after a mum, dad and sister all died from the killer bug in just the space of two weeks.

Their devastated son and brother said he has been left feeling like someone has 'stolen his heart'.

Husband and wife Keith, 84, and Jean MacVicar, 82, died a fortnight ago and then the couple's daughter Jayne died just days later.

Mum-of-two, 62, began to develop Covid-19 symptoms soon after her parents' deaths.

Keith and son Richard, who has been left heartbroken after his parents and sister died (Facebook)

Her younger brother Richard pleaded with friends to pray for her recovery, reports the Mirror.

He posted on social media : “Come on, Jayne, stay strong and fight this please.”

But on Saturday the 60-year-old said: “It’s with heartbreaking regret to say Jayne has lost her battle for life.

“At least we have the comfort of knowing she is back with mum and dad.

“To lose half your family in the space of two weeks feels like someone has cut me open and stolen my heart. So, so wrong.”

Before her death, tragic Jayne had posted multiple messages on Facebook pleading with Brits not to ignore social distancing guidelines and to isolate at home.

Keith and his wife Jean both died two weeks ago (Facebook)

The former Staffordshire Police crime analyst had swapped her profile picture for one that said: "Stay home, it could save lives."

The family, from Burton-on-Trent, Staffs, are now facing three funerals in quick succession with only a small amount of mourners able to attend each one.

It comes after reports funerals could be shortened to just 20 minutes in Scotland to prevent crematoriums being overrun due to the huge surge in deaths since February.

The Daily Record has reported crematoriums are drawing up contingency plans to cut the length of services with the number of people who can attend having already been reduced in some places.

Britain, meanwhile, is on course to become the country worst affected by coronavirus in Europe, according to Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.

And Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said the future of the virus is 'unknowable' in response to a question about Sir Jeremy's statement.

Speaking at yesterday's Downing Street press conference, he also admitted it is taking more than two days to 'fulfil a query' for NHS staff to get PPE.

The UK's official coronavirus death toll soared above 10,000 after 657 more deaths were reported in England, as well as 24 in Scotland, 18 in Wales and 11 in Northern Ireland.

While more than 30 NHS staff have died  after contracting the new strain of coronavirus, including three nurses, two hospital porters and a cancer centre support worker, whose deaths were announced this weekend.

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