The late Peter Juma
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The family of a 35-year-old Kenyan-born man who died in the US after being diagnosed with coronavirus is struggling to have his remains airlifted to Kenya for burial.
Peter Juma, who worked as a bus driver for a company based at a New York airport, succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday, March 28th.
He is the son of Bishop Elisha Juma and Reverend Mary Juma of Kenya Assemblies of God in Tudor, Mombasa County and moved to the US about four years ago.
Plans to bring their son’s body to Kenya have been complicated by the current ban on all international flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The family is also experiencing challenges in communicating with US authorities due to time differences and fears Peter may be buried in the US in their absence or in the presence of very few family members.
“He was with us since December 25 and returned to the States mid-January. We had no idea that was the last time we would see our son alive,” Peter’s mum, Mary said.
Bishop Elisha was hospitalized in Mombasa after receiving the news about his son’s death.
The requirement that bodies of Covid-19 victims are disposed within the shortest time possible is another hurdle for the family.
“What we are sure of, is that we cannot travel due to the ban on international flights. We are trying to exhaust all options to see what will work. We are reaching out to the embassy to see the options they will provide,” Mary added.
Peter died a week after he was taken ill and due to the high rate of infection associated with Covid-19, none of the few relatives with him in the US was allowed to visit him in the hospital. His sister, who is also in the US, did not manage to travel as she lives far from New York.
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Why are you asking questions which you perhaps already know the answers to. At this time encourage our brothers and sisters anywhere in the world to keep safe and avoid exposing themselves since you already know where priority is when shove comes to push
Some call it Rhetorical questions; and others call it Thinking out loud.
Now I know........... **sarcasm**
There is a shortage of ventilators and in most cases you need to have majority of the symptoms, don't forget that the hospitals are short on the healthcare workers, because now we have some that are falling ill due to this virus as well. This is definetly not an issue of race it but an issue of saving humanity.
Let us lift those already affected up in prayer and do our part by isolating if possible.
China was a major exporter of medical devices and ppe to the US but the trade war and tariffs has caused shortages. But 2 weeks ago the govt approved temporary exclusions for needed supplies. After the pandemic ends and the smoke clears, we will know who's the global superpower.
People in ventilators are dying. How severe your symptoms are qualifies your being ventilated. Most of the young people that have died are whites and not blacks.
This disease is deadly - PERIOD! Even those who get ventilatilators are not guaranteed of surviving!! The role of the ventilator is to support pulmonary function, not to cure! There's no cure! So, stay home and pray rather then asking questions we already know the answers.
By the time they put you in that ventilator, you are 80% gone. So race here is non issue.
R.I.P so sad
Poleni sana sana. At this time cremation is the best option & you be given the urn with his ashes.
I simply cannot imagine what he went through before passing. The family must be in deep pain...so sad.
Every afflicted and victimized patients and families are ALL going through the same pain and agony! So let's pray for the world!
Pole sana Bishop na jamii yako! Mungu awafadhili.
Rest in Peace, this is very sad...may the family find peace too.
Pole sana Bishop and your family. It’s hard. May God comfort you and give you peace and strength to go through this hard time.
May your soul Rest In Peace, brother
Poleni sana familia pia sisi njia nihio hio tu!I have said many times if ur time comes it doesn't matter whether u leave in the country with the best healthcare free system.Kwenda utakwenda wakati ikifika.China the next supapawas r giving other countries which they always think wako na power kuliko wengine sleepless nights na bado.The new world order is here to stay n only Ngai witu wamugikuyu will save us.
May God give your family peace and comfort in this difficult time Amen..
My condolences to the family. May God give you strength during this difficult moment...
Now you know why Little Miguna Miguna a.k.a Larry midawo fled.
R.I.P. It is my humble prayer to the Almighty God to grant this family strength and peace to overcome the pain..
They said he was paramedic not bus driver.
When you see such a young man pass you wonder what happened. My question is how many ventilators are in New York and how many of those are helping save brown and black peoples lives? My question is what criteria are they using? Is it fair, nonracial and totally based on those well placed to survive? Let's open our eyes. Just saying.