'Unless we get a grip and everyone starts playing their part, nothing is going to change': Daughter who watched her father, 63, die from Covid in hospital issues emotional plea to the public and describes being unable to wipe her tears through PPE
A grieving daughter has urged the country to 'stop playing roulette' with Covid-19 and follow government advice after she watched her father die from the virus just two days before Christmas. Laura Waller, 26, posted a heart-wrenching plea to the nation on social media after her 63-year-old father Kevin died on December 23. Ms Waller described how the disease took hold of her father's body within five days of his admission to Southend Hospital in Essex and left with him kidney and liver failure. In her post, in which Ms Waller was pictured wearing PPE, she wrote: 'This isn't me on my way to some messed up fancy dress party. Laura Waller (pictured in PPE), 26, urged the country to listen to government advice after she watched her 63-year-old father Kevin die just two days before Christmas Day at Southend Hospital in Essex 'This is me leaving the ICU shortly after giving permission to the consultants to turn off my Dad's life support after COVID had com