Unvaccinated ‘fit and healthy’ mother who ignored pleas to get jabbed dies after Covid positive test

An unvaccinated mother-of-two from Liverpool has died a week after testing positive for Covid-19, with a friend saying she had tried to encourage her to get the jab.

Nuria Daniela Gomes, 38, was described as being “fit and healthy”, but had concerns over the vaccine after reading comments on social media.

Nuria’s friend, Mena Tando, contacted her on December 3rd when she was told she had Covid, “but there is no need to worry about it.”

Nuria’s eldest daughter Erica, 20, described the traumatic moments watching her mother’s health decline.

"Mum didn't want to sleep alone so we put a mattress in her room.

"We could hear she was struggling to breathe.

"I was panicking, but she said she was fine.

"When we switched the light on we saw her hands were purple, her lips were purple and her eyes looked huge.

"It was really disturbing."

Youngest daughter Myra, 17, said her mother “is all we had.”

Speaking to Manchester Evening News, Mena said she had “tried to persuade her to get vaccinated, but she was concerned.

"She had read things on social media about there being possible consequences in a couple of years.”