A young woman makes COVID-19 warning her dad's final gift to the world


  • World
  • Friday, 22 May 2020

Jessica Holguin, 25, (L) comforts her younger sister Natalie Holguin (R) at the viewing service of their father Jose Holguin, 50, originally from the Dominican Republic and who died of complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at International Funeral & Cremation Services in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It could be any one of us. In this case it was Jose Holguin. He was 50.

When he died on April 28, his death was just a speck in a giant storm of numbers defining the global COVID-19 pandemic. To the world, he was just another number added to the tally recited daily by governments and news organizations.

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