Single mother, 45, dies of coronavirus leaving her 12-year-old daughter orphaned with no family in the UK

Rutendo Mukotsanjera, 45, died of coronavirus leaving her daughter Chichi, 12

Ms Mukotsanjera, originally from Zimbabwe, lived in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

She was a member of the Renew Church whose members are caring for Chichi.

The church is talking with Chichi’s relatives in Zimbabwe about her future.

A 12-year-old girl whose mother died in hospital from Covid-19 has been left orphaned with no living relatives in the UK.

Rutendo Mukotsanjera, aged 45 and originally from Zimbabwe, died of coronavirus on April 10.

Her 12-year-old daughter Cheidza, known as Chichi, is now being cared for by members of the Renew Church in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, where her mother worshipped.

Church members have been in contact with relatives in Zimbabwe to decide what is in the best interests of the young girl.

According to The Mirror, Ms Mukotsanjera was a public health official and had previously worked for the Infrastructure Bank in Zimbabwe.

Britain’s black and minority ethnic communities appear to have been hardest hit by the virus sweeping the country.

Despite only making up 14 percent of the population of England and Wales, they represent a third of the patients in intensive care with coronavirus, according to the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre.

Chaand Nagpaul, head of the British Medical Association, said this was ‘extremely disturbing and worrying’.

‘We have heard the virus does not discriminate between individuals, but there’s no doubt there appears to be a manifest disproportionate severity of infection in BAME people and doctors,’ he told The Guardian newspaper.

The first ten doctors who died with coronavirus in Britain were from ethnic minorities, including Alfa Sa’adu, Jitendra Rathod, Mohamed Sami Shousha and Syed Haider.

Ms Mukotsanjera, pictured, was originally from Zimbabwe. Members of her church are currently looking after Chichi
In a letter to the government, several opposition Labour MPs said deaths represented ‘serious concerns’ and called for an urgent investigation.

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